Ansible Basics - Automation Technical Overview

This lesson looks at the Ansible Automation Platform. We'll look at how it works, looking at all the components like modules, tasks, and playbooks. We're going to show Ansible commands and how to use the command line tool, Ansible Navigator. You'll also learn about variables, templates and playbook basics. 

Then we'll move on to the automation controller, the web UI and API, and you'll learn where it fits in and who would be using it. We'll also take a look at some enterprise features like Role-based Access Control and workflows.

Learning Objectives

• Learn the basics of Ansible including its components including modules, tasks, and playbooks
• Understand Ansible commands and how to use Ansible navigator
• Learn how to use variables and templates
• Use Ansible's web UI and API, known as Automation Controller
• Learn how to build a job template
• Understand how to use Role-based Access Control and workflows

Intended Audience

This lesson is intended for anyone who wants to learn more about the Ansible Automation Platform in order to operationalize and put their Ansible workloads into production.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should have some knowledge of Linux or Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Existing knowledge of Ansible would be beneficial but not essential.