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Ansible Automation
Two days hands-on: automate your IT infrastructure agentlessly with Ansible playbooks, declarative YAML and SSH — Infrastructure as Code with a focus on architecture and best practices.
Two days hands-on introduction to the world of automation with Ansible. At the beginning of the course, the concepts are discussed and then what is learned is put into practice.
What participants say
Das Training "Ansible Automation" half mir beim Einstieg ins Thema. Jan-Hendriks Ausführungen waren verständlich und die zahlreichen Übungen während des Kurses halfen mir als Ansible-Neuling, das Gehörte selber ausprobieren zu können. Toll auch, dass die VMs mit den Übungen auch noch nach dem Kurs zur Verfügung stehen.
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Content
With the help of Ansible, monotonous and recurring tasks can be automated. Work steps are no longer done manually, but are defined as code and can be executed on demand. Even repeated execution ensures that the same result is output.
Together, we develop an infrastructure environment that illustrates the following topics:
- Benefits and requirements of an Ansible architecture
- Overview of Ansible Ecosystem and basic concepts (Infrastructure as Code (IaC), YAML, Jinja2, Playbook, Play, Roles)
- Set up and configure Ansible in DevContainer
- Ansible Module andAnsible Galaxy
- Structuring projects
- Environments
- Roles
We focus on looking closely at and understanding a specific selection of topics.
The actual course content may differ from the above depending on the trainer, delivery, duration and the composition of participants.
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More about Ansible
Ansible is an agentless automation platform for IT infrastructure that enables Infrastructure as Code (IaC). With its declarative YAML syntax and SSH-based communication, it provides a simple yet powerful approach to system configuration and application deployment.Further resources:
History
Ansible was developed in 2012 by Michael DeHaan, who had previously worked on the Cobbler provisioning system at Red Hat. The name was inspired by the science fiction concept of an instantaneous communication system featured in Orson Scott Card's novel "Ender's Game".
In 2015, Ansible was acquired by Red Hat for $150 million, leading to accelerated development and integration with the Red Hat ecosystem. Under the leadership of Tim Cramer and James Cammarata, the platform was enhanced with enterprise features and saw the introduction of Ansible Tower (now Automation Platform).
Today, Ansible is one of the most widely used automation tools and has significantly influenced the DevOps movement. It has not only changed how infrastructure is managed but also set new standards for Infrastructure as Code and configuration management. The introduction of Ansible Collections and Automation Hub has further enriched the ecosystem.