Ansible is a powerful IT automation tool. This Skill Tree offers a systematic way to learn Ansible. Ideal for DevOps beginners, it provides a clear roadmap to grasp configuration management, orchestration, and infrastructure as code. Hands - on, non - video courses and practical exercises in an interactive Ansible playground help you develop real - world skills in automating IT processes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANSIBLE SETUP AND CONFIGURATION
Ansible Setup and Configuration covers foundational concepts and configurations when setting up and using Ansible.
Understanding Ansible setup is crucial, including installing Ansible, configuring inventory files, and setting up SSH connectivity to target hosts.
This skill involves delegating actions to the control machine, allowing certain tasks to be executed on the control machine rather than remote hosts.
MODULE OPERATIONS
Module Operations focuses on various module operations in Ansible, such as managing packages, executing commands, transferring files, scheduling tasks, retrieving files, managing files/directories, and more.
This skill involves using Ansible modules to manage packages on remote hosts, including installation, removal, and updating of software packages.
In this skill, Ansible modules are used to execute commands on remote hosts, enabling automation of command-line operations and system management.
Transferring files between the control machine and remote hosts is a key task, and this skill involves using Ansible modules to securely copy files.
Ansible modules allow scheduling tasks on remote hosts, automating repetitive actions and ensuring tasks are executed at specified intervals.
This skill involves using Ansible modules to test and verify the output of commands and scripts executed on remote hosts, ensuring desired results.
Using Ansible modules, you can retrieve files from remote hosts, enabling efficient file backup and transfer operations.
Ansible modules provide the ability to manage files and directories on remote hosts, including creating, deleting, and modifying them.
This skill involves using Ansible modules to download files from URLs, which can be useful for fetching resources from the internet.
This skill involves using Ansible modules to perform network tests on remote hosts, ensuring network connectivity and diagnosing issues.
Ansible modules enable the execution of custom scripts on remote hosts, automating complex tasks and configurations.
This skill focuses on executing shell commands on remote hosts using Ansible modules, facilitating system management.
Ansible modules provide the capability to gather file statistics on remote hosts, helping in monitoring and auditing file attributes.
Ansible modules can generate files from templates, allowing for the dynamic creation of configuration files based on variables and templates.
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Inventory management in Ansible is crucial for organizing and categorizing target hosts and their variables.
This skill involves setting variables for specific host groups in Ansible inventory, allowing for group-specific configurations.
In Ansible, defining inventory groups is essential for grouping hosts with similar characteristics or roles for targeted automation tasks.
This skill focuses on setting variables for individual hosts in the Ansible inventory, enabling host-specific configuration.
Ansible supports multiple inventory sources, allowing you to gather host information from various external sources and merge them for automation tasks.
PLAYBOOK ESSENTIALS
Playbook essentials encompass key concepts and tasks related to creating and executing Ansible playbooks.
In Ansible playbooks, iteration is essential for performing actions repeatedly, such as iterating over a list of items to execute tasks.
Executing Ansible playbooks is a fundamental skill, as it allows you to automate complex workflows and configurations.
Assigning roles in Ansible playbooks helps in organizing and modularizing automation tasks, making playbooks more manageable.
This skill involves iterating over items in lists and dictionaries in Ansible playbooks, enabling dynamic and data-driven automation.