Video description
Ansible afficionado Michelle Perz helps you "ansibilize" your IT environment in this fast paced and thorough overview of how to install and configure Ansible. Geared toward those with basic Linux and system admin skills, this video takes you through initial installation and setup to more complex playbooks and roles.
The course covers common use cases for Ansible (orchestration, app deployment, and configuration management) by demonstrating best practices as well as a selection of commonly-used modules. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons.
- Learn the fundamentals of setting-up and configuring Ansible
- Pick up YAML, the file format for writing playbooks (Ansible's configuration management scripts)
- Understand how roles are used to simplify and reuse playbooks
- Explore playbook functions, modules, ad hoc commands, variables, loops, blocks, and more
- Review include statements, role directory structure, and role dependencies
- Understand privilege escalation, delegation, error handling, check mode, and playbook debugging
- Learn about Windows Support and EC2 Dynamic Inventory
Table of contents
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Introduction
- Course Overview 00:03:24
- About The Author 00:01:13
- Introduction To Ansible 00:03:03
- YAML Overview 00:02:36
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Setup, Installation And Configuration
- Setting Up A Test Environment 00:03:31
- Installing Ansible 00:02:54
- Getting Started With Configuration 00:05:12
- Manual Inventory 00:04:45
- Ansible Configuration File 00:04:48
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Ansible, Ansible-Docs, Ansible-Playbook
- Ad-Hoc Commands 00:05:21
- Where To Go For Help On The CLI 00:01:24
- Intro To Playbooks 00:06:25
- Variables 00:06:35
- Conditionals 00:05:01
- Loops 00:04:33
- Blocks 00:03:34
- Templates 00:04:37
- Jinja2 Filters 00:04:56
- Playbook Best Practices 00:04:58
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Includes And Roles
- Include Statements 00:03:36
- Role Directory Structure 00:03:10
- Breaking A Playbook Into A Role Part - 1 00:03:24
- Breaking A Playbook Into A Role Part - 2 00:04:16
- Declaring Roles In Main Playbook 00:02:39
- Role Dependencies 00:04:18
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Playbooks Continued
- Privilege Escalation 00:05:22
- Delegation And Local Actions 00:06:05
- Error Handling 00:04:51
- Check Mode And Debugging Playbooks Part - 1 00:05:08
- Check Mode And Debugging Playbooks Part - 2 00:04:56
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Special Topics
- Windows Support Part - 1 00:05:51
- Windows Support Part - 2 00:06:12
- EC2 Dynamic Inventory Part - 1 00:04:09
- EC2 Dynamic Inventory Part - 2 00:08:14
- Ansible Vault 00:03:47
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Conclusion
- Ansible Resources 00:02:32
- Objective Review And Wrap-Up 00:02:07
Product information
- Title: Introduction to Ansible
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2016
- Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
- ISBN: 9781491955949
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