Ansible for the Absolute Beginner - Hands-On – DevOps

by Mumshad Mannambeth

Released December 2020

Publisher(s): Packt Publishing

ISBN: 9781789132427

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Video description

Take your first step towards learning Ansible with the help of interesting coding exercises

About This Video

Get a beginner-level introduction to Ansible
Learn how to automate servers without coding
Discover how to run Ansible playbooks in the browser

In Detail

Ansible is a simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and update without having to write scripts or custom code. This course is the perfect starting point to learn Ansible.

The course starts with an introduction to Ansible and explains the installation process of the virtual box and Ansible. Next, you will learn to build an Ansible inventory and get introduced to the concepts of YAML Ain't Markup Language (YAML). Moving along, you will learn how Ansible playbook commands are used to execute tasks. Next, you will learn the Ansible modules, variables, conditional operators, and control flow statements. Finally, you will understand the concept of roles in Ansible and learn some advanced topics.

Audience

Whether you are a system administrator, a cloud infrastructure engineer, an automation engineer, or a beginner, who wants to learn the basic concepts of Ansible, this course is for you. Although this course is for beginners, basic Linux administrator skills are required to easily understand the concepts explained.