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Ansible

Ansible is an Open Source configuration management and software deployment tool that is meant to work with Unix-like operating systems but supports Windows too.

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Course content of Ansible

Introduction to Ansible

  • Infrastructure Management
  • What is Capacity Planning?
    • Major Capacity Planning Tools/Services
  • Understanding Capacity Planning
    • Calculating Percentile
  • What is Provisioning?
    • Major Provisioning Tools/Services
  • What is Deployment?
    • Major Deployment Tools
    • Benefits of Automated Deployment
  • Understanding Deployment Matrix
    • App Service
    • Data Service
  • What is Ansible?
  • History of Ansible

Key Components in Ansible

  • Ansible Control Machine
  • Ansible Inventory
  • Ansible Playbook
  • Ansible Role
  • Ansible Vault
  • Ansible Node
  • Ansible Tower

Overview of Ansible

  • Architecture of Ansible-managed Deployments
    • Ansible Control Machine
    • Ansible Inventory
    • Ansible Playbook
    • Ansible Role
    • Ansible Node
  • Ansible vs Chef

FAQ on Ansible

Prerequisites for Ansible

  • Understanding YAML

Ansible Control Machine

  • What is the Purpose of Ansible Control Machine?
  • Install Ansible
  • Significance of Ansible Control Machine Programs
  • Understanding Ansible Control Machine Configurations
  • Configure Ansible Control Machine
  • Configure Highly Scalable Ansible Control Machine
  • Understanding Ansible Control Machine System Paths
  • Deep Dive into Ansible Control Machine
    • How Ansible Control Machine Executes Playbook/Role?
  • Do's and Dont's with Ansible Control Machine

Ansible Inventory

  • What is the Purpose of Ansible Inventory?
  • Manage Ansible Inventories

Ansible Playbook

  • What is the Purpose of Ansible Playbook?
  • Structure of Ansible Playbook
  • Writing Ansible Playbook
  • Manage Ansible Playbooks
  • Do's and Dont's with Ansible Playbook

Ansible Role

  • What is the Purpose of Ansible Role?
  • Structure of Ansible Role
  • Writing Ansible Role
  • Manage Ansible Roles
  • Do's and Dont's with Ansible Role

Ansible Vault

  • What is the Purpose of Ansible Vault?
  • Create Encrypted File Using Ansible Vault
  • Create Encrypted String Using Ansible Vault
  • Manage Encryption Using Ansible Vault

Ansible Node

  • Understanding Deployment on Ansible Nodes
  • Using Docker Containers as Ansible Nodes
  • Boot Ansible Nodes
  • Trigger Deployment on Ansible Nodes
  • Manage Ansible Nodes

Ansible Tower

  • What is the Purpose of Ansible Tower?
  • Setup & Configure Ansible Tower
  • Using Ansible Tower
    • Create Organization
    • Create Team
    • Create Inventory
    • Create Host
    • Create Group
    • Create Credential
    • Create Project
    • Create Job Template
    • Boot Ansible Nodes
    • Trigger Deployment on Ansible Nodes
  • Manage Ansible Tower

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Prerequisites

  • A machine running Linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS as host operating system. Don't panic, we'll help you in this.
  • Machine hardware requirements are minimum 12GB RAM, 4 CPU cores, and 100GB storage.
  • Must have exceptional knowledge on Linux-based operating systems and it's commands.

Objective

The main objective of the Ansible course is to help you deploy a sample CRM app service and Redis database service on Docker containers in single-shot using Ansible playbooks and Ansible roles. The CRM app is built on Python Flask micro framework and uses Redis as a database.

Audience

Anyone from the IT/software industry who is passionate and willing to perform automated software deployment and configuration management can start learning Ansible. It doesn't matter whether you are a fresher or an experienced candidate, we always start from ground zero.

Activities

  • You do hands-on from day one.
  • We do digital whiteboarding to make you understand concepts and real-time implementations.
  • You can ask questions, participate in discussions, and get solutions for complex problems.
  • We deal with a variety of use cases and case studies.
  • We do deep diving on all topics.