Certificate Authentication

• Introduction to Configuration Management
• Infrastructure as Code – laC
• Provisioning vs Configuration Management
• Ansible vs. The World

• Getting Started with Ansible
• Ansible Key Features
• Ansible Use Cases
• Ansible Limitations

Deploying Ansible (3 labs)

• Ansible Architecture
• Installing Ansible (1 lab)
• Configuring Ansible (1 lab)
• Working with the Ansible Inventory and Inventory Patterns (1 lab)

Running Modules (3 labs)

• Finding Module Documentation
• Playing with Ad Hoc Commands (1 lab) – Introducing YAML
• Writing your first Playbook (1 lab)
• Writing a Playbook with multiple Plays (1 lab)

Using Variables (3 labs)

• Ansible Variables
• Ansible Magic Variables (1 lab)
• Ansible Vault (1 lab)
• Using Facts and Custom Facts (1 lab)
• Ansible Variables Best Practices

Using Task Control (5 labs)

• Conditionals (1 lab)
• Looping (1 lab)
• Error Handling (1 lab)
• Using Jinja2 Templates (1 lab)
• Include Task and Vars files
• Import Tasks and Playbooks
• Ansible Tags (1 lab)

Writing and Using Roles (3 labs)

• Introducing Roles
• Ansible Galaxy (1 lab)
• Calling a Role from a Playbook (1 lab)
• RHEL8 System Roles
• Writing Roles (1 lab)

Ansible for Managing Large Scale Environments

• Host Templates
• Dynamic Inventories
• Serial and Parallel (Fork)

Advanced Ansible Topics

• Using Filters
• Delegation
• Asynchronous Actions and Polling