course | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible (RH294)

Introduce Ansible
 

• Describe the fundamental concepts of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and how it is used, and install Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
   

Implement an Ansible playbook
 

• Create an inventory of managed hosts, write a simple Ansible playbook, and run the playbook to automate tasks on those hosts.

Manage variables and facts
 

• Write playbooks that use variables to simplify management of the playbook and facts to reference information about managed hosts.
   

Implement task control
 

• Manage task control, handlers, and task errors in Ansible Playbooks.

Deploy files to managed hosts
 

• Deploy, manage, and adjust files on hosts managed by Ansible.
   

Manage complex plays and playbooks
 

• Write playbooks that are optimized for larger, more complex plays and playbooks.

Simplify playbooks with roles
 

• Use Ansible roles to develop playbooks more quickly and to reuse Ansible code.
   

Troubleshoot Ansible
 

• Troubleshoot playbooks and managed hosts.

Automate Linux administration tasks
 

• Automate common Linux system administration tasks with Ansible.