Introduction to Ansible

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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 …

Introduction to Ansible

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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

Michelle Perz is an experienced Ansible support engineer and trainer with long stints at Ansible, Inc. and Red Hat. She has a MS in Education from the University of Rochester, an affinity for dancing to 90s dance hits, and a fabulous funny in your face predilection for snarky Reddit comments.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Conclusion

Ansible Resources 00:02:32

Objective Review And Wrap-Up 00:02:07

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