Automation with Ansible - Red Hat Training

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Automation with Ansible - Red Hat Training

1 Introducing Ansible

• Overview of Ansible Architecture
• Ansible Compenents
• Overview of Ansible Deployments
• Describing Ansible Inventory
• Summary

2 Deploying Ansible

• Installing Ansible
• Guided Exercise: Installing Ansible
• Managing Ansible Configuration Files
• Guided Exercise: Managing Ansible Configuration Files
• Running Ad Hoc Commands
• Guided Exercise: Running Ad Hoc Commands
• Managing Dynamic Inventory
• Guided Exercise: Managing Dynamic Inventory
• Lab: Deploying Ansible
• Summary

3 Ansible Installation on Red Hat Linux 7

• Overview of Ansible Installation
• Online Ansible Installation ( via Internet )
• User's Account Setup for Passwordless Authentication
• Offline Ansible Installation ( When there is no internet available on Control Node )

4 Implementing Playbooks

• Writing YAML Files
• Guided Exercise: Writing YAML Files
• Implementing Modules
• Guided Exercise: Implementing Modules
• Implementing Ansible Playbooks
• Guided Exercise: Implementing Ansible Playbooks
• Lab: Implementing Playbooks
• Summary

5 Managing Variables and Inclusions

• Managing Variables
• Guided Exercise: Managing Variables
• Managing Facts 
• Guided Exercise: Managing Facts
• Managing Inclusions
• Guided Exercise: Managing Inclusions
• Lab: Managing Variables and Inclusions 

6 Implementing Task Control

• Constructing Flow Control
• Guided Exercise: Constructing Flow Control
• Implementing Handlers
• Guided Exercise: Implementing Handlers
• Implementing Tags
• Guided Exercise: Implementing Tags
• Handling Errors
• Guided Exercise: Handling Errors
• Lab: Implementing Task Control
• Summary

7. Automate User Administrative tasks using Ansible playbook with Shell Scripting

• Manage User Administration
• Lab on user administration using Ansible Playbook
• Complete automate user administrative tasks using Ansible playbook with Shell Scripting
• Supply Crypted Password in playbook
• Ansible-playbook on user module with conditions -Lab

8. Industrial Live overview of Automation tool using Ansible with Shell Scriptings & python

• Industrial usage of Automation tool Lab-1
• Industrial usage of Automation tool Lab-2

9. Automate Patching on Multiple Linux Server using Ansible Playbook

• Overview about Linux Patching
• Automate Linux Patching using Ansible
• Verify application/Database processes are running or not
• Decision point to start patching
• Upgrade all the packages on the server
• Check if reboot required after the kernerl update
• Install the specific kernel version using Ansible Playbook.
• Various Labs to understand the Ansible Playbook for patching