Ultimate Ansible Bootcamp – School of Devops

Master the fundamentals of Ansible automation and infrastructure as code principles
Develop practical skills in writing and managing Ansible playbooks, roles, and templates
Implement secure configuration management using Ansible Vault for sensitive data
Create and manage reusable automation code through Ansible Galaxy roles and collections
Build expertise in managing application deployments and infrastructure scaling
Learn advanced variable handling, templating, and execution control in Ansible
Gain hands-on experience with real-world DevOps automation scenarios and practices
Master environment management techniques including auto-discovery and multi-environment handling

Course Content

Course Introduction

Course Intro

01:57
How to Navigate this course Topic pageSettings

04:02
Have Question, Find Help and Support

05:48
Certification Blueprint

03:36

Introduction to Ansible

Path to Automation with Ansible

Setting up the Environment

Ad Hoc Server Management with Ansible

Section Introduction

01:34
Configuring Ansible

06:24
Defining a static Inventory

05:50
Host Patterns and Ad Hoc Commands

08:54
Modules and Desired State Configuration

04:59
Invoking Modules, Idempotence

06:01
Using common modules

07:33
Command Modules and Idempotence

07:44
Using ansible-console REPL Shell

03:57

Playbooks

Roles

Section Introduction

01:09
Why do you need roles?

03:30
Anatomy of a Role

03:36
Code Organization Strategies

03:46
Generating Roles Scaffold and Ansible Galaxy

02:50
Creating a role for Apache

05:22
Writing and applying playbook for app servers

03:15
Copying config file, notifications and handlers

07:55
Creating a role for PHP

05:45
Nested roles and site wide playbook

04:54
Nano project: Deploy Devops Demo App

02:15

Vars and Templates

Section Introduction

01:13
Need to separate data from code

03:21
Diving into Jinja2 templates**
Understanding ansible vars, Precedence Levels and Best Practices

06:58
Advanced vars concepts

06:31
Dynamically defining app version with vars and tasks

05:53
Managing app configs with templates and vars

09:14
Playing with vars precedence

08:14
Registereed varibles and conditional execution

04:52
Discovering facts with setup module

04:45

Ansible Galaxy

Section Introduction

00:39
Tour of Ansible Galaxy

08:28
Selecting role for HAProxy

05:24
Applying HAProxy role with custom properties

04:08
Troubleshooting HAProxy Issues

05:29
Nano Project: Setup MySQL database using a galaxy role

02:46
Setting up MySQL

05:57
Connecting app with the database

02:10
Checking in the galaxy roles

02:43
Tagging tasks, roles, plays and playbooks

00:00

Controlling Execution Flow

Auto Disovery and Manging Multiple Environments

Vault

Application Deployments

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Course Content

Course Introduction

Course Intro

How to Navigate this course Topic pageSettings

Have Question, Find Help and Support

Certification Blueprint

Introduction to Ansible

What is Ansible Part I: Why Ansible ?

What is Ansible Part II: Simplicity, YAML, Push Model, Custom Modules**

What is Ansible Part III: Batteries Included Approach

What is Ansible Part VI: Scripts vs Ansible

What is Ansible Part V: Infrasructure as a Code**

What is Ansible Part VI: Code vs Data

What is Ansible Part VII: Idempotence and State Management

What is Ansible Part VIII: The Ansible Story

Path to Automation with Ansible

Section Introduction

Tasks, Modules, Roles

Inventories and Playbooks

Book Recommendation: Ansible Playbook Essentials

Code Organization Strategies

Introducing Use Case – Devops Demo App

Approach to automate Devops Demo App

Setting up the Environment

Section Introduction

Introduction to codespaces

Setting up codespaces locally with docker

Launching codespaces on digital ocean cloud

Managing codespaces

Ad Hoc Server Management with Ansible

Section Introduction

Configuring Ansible

Defining a static Inventory

Host Patterns and Ad Hoc Commands

Modules and Desired State Configuration

Invoking Modules, Idempotence

Using common modules

Command Modules and Idempotence

Using ansible-console REPL Shell

Playbooks

Section Introduction

YAML Primer

Anatomy of a Playbook

Writing your first Play

Validating and applying Ansible Playbook

Troubleshooting playbook failures

Adding another play for app servers

Nano Project: Create a playbook to deploy a Static Site

Roles

Section Introduction

Why do you need roles?

Anatomy of a Role

Code Organization Strategies

Generating Roles Scaffold and Ansible Galaxy

Creating a role for Apache

Writing and applying playbook for app servers

Copying config file, notifications and handlers

Creating a role for PHP

Nested roles and site wide playbook

Nano project: Deploy Devops Demo App

Vars and Templates

Section Introduction

Need to separate data from code

Diving into Jinja2 templates**

Understanding ansible vars, Precedence Levels and Best Practices

Advanced vars concepts

Dynamically defining app version with vars and tasks

Managing app configs with templates and vars

Playing with vars precedence

Registereed varibles and conditional execution

Discovering facts with setup module

Ansible Galaxy

Section Introduction

Tour of Ansible Galaxy

Selecting role for HAProxy

Applying HAProxy role with custom properties

Troubleshooting HAProxy Issues

Nano Project: Setup MySQL database using a galaxy role

Setting up MySQL