Introduction to Ansible

Table of contents

1. Introduction
   1. Course Overview
   2. About The Author
   3. Introduction To Ansible
   4. YAML Overview
2. Setup, Installation And Configuration
   1. Setting Up A Test Environment
   2. Installing Ansible
   3. Getting Started With Configuration
   4. Manual Inventory
   5. Ansible Configuration File
3. Ansible, Ansible-Docs, Ansible-Playbook
   1. Ad-Hoc Commands
   2. Where To Go For Help On The CLI
   3. Intro To Playbooks
   4. Variables
   5. Conditionals
   6. Loops
   7. Blocks
   8. Templates
   9. Jinja2 Filters
   10. Playbook Best Practices
4. Includes And Roles
   1. Include Statements
   2. Role Directory Structure
   3. Breaking A Playbook Into A Role Part - 1
   4. Breaking A Playbook Into A Role Part - 2
   5. Declaring Roles In Main Playbook
   6. Role Dependencies
5. Playbooks Continued
   1. Privilege Escalation
   2. Delegation And Local Actions
   3. Error Handling
   4. Check Mode And Debugging Playbooks Part - 1
   5. Check Mode And Debugging Playbooks Part - 2
6. Special Topics
   1. Windows Support Part - 1
   2. Windows Support Part - 2
   3. EC2 Dynamic Inventory Part - 1
   4. EC2 Dynamic Inventory Part - 2
   5. Ansible Vault
7. Conclusion
   1. Ansible Resources
   2. Objective Review And Wrap-Up