Overview
This course is designed for experienced Ansible users looking to develop advanced automation solutions. Participants will learn how to enhance automation efficiency by leveraging reusable code, implementing advanced workflows, and optimizing Ansible for large-scale deployments. Through hands-on labs and real-world scenarios, learners will gain expertise in Ansible’s advanced features, including automation controller, event-driven automation, and performance tuning.
Objectives
By the end of this course, leaner will be able to:
- Develop reusable and scalable Ansible automation playbooks.
- Implement automation controller workflows for orchestrated IT operations.
- Integrate event-driven automation for efficient response mechanisms.
- Optimize Ansible performance and scalability for large environments.
- Troubleshoot and debug complex automation workflows.
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of Ansible and its core concepts.
- Familiarity with Linux command-line interface and system administration.
- Experience with writing Ansible playbooks and managing automation tasks.
Course Outline
- Writing reusable playbooks with roles and modules
- Implementing Jinja2 templating for dynamic configurations
- Using Ansible collections for modular automation
- Managing automation workflows with job templates
- Role-based access control and credential management
- Scaling automation with execution environments
- Integrating Ansible with external event sources
- Creating automated response mechanisms
- Implementing notifications and triggers
- Efficient inventory management and parallel execution
- Reducing playbook execution time with strategy plugins
- Analyzing and troubleshooting automation performance
- Developing and using custom modules
- Writing filters and lookup plugins for advanced automation
- Leveraging API integrations for extended functionality