Ansible fundamentals

Included in the course

Description

Configuration management and orchestration systems are important tools for any modern software developer and system administrator. The goal of this course is to learn how to use Ansible, the popular configuration management tool.

Lessons

• 1

  Ansible in Ad Hoc Mode

  Learn how to use ansible command

  theory

  quiz
• 2

  Inventory file

  Understand what inventory file is and how to write one.

  theory
• 3

  Playbooks

  Learn how to write simple playbooks.

  theory
• 4

  Tags

  Learn how to use tags.

  theory
• 5

  Handlers

  Learn how to use task notifications.

  theory
• 6

  Variables

  Learn how to use dynamic generation and how to reduce duplicates.

  theory
• 7

  Variables in the inventory file

  Learn how to create variables in the inventory file.

  theory
• 8

  Facts

  Understand what facts are.

  theory
• 9

  Conditions

  Learn how to use 'when' to define conditions.

  theory
• 10

  Loops

  Learn how to use 'with_items' to generate loops.

  theory
• 11

  Filters

  Learn how to filter data

  theory
• 12

  Registering results

  Learn how 'register' option is used.

  theory
• 13

  Includes

  Learn how to split tasks into multiple files.

  theory
• 14

  Additional resources

  Materials were picked up by the Hexlet team. This will give you a more in-depth understanding of the topic