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Ansible Configuration Management Troubleshooting Challenge

Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Up to 1 hour
Students: 737
Rating: 3.7/5
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Description

In this lab challenge your Ansible configuration management skills are put to the test. You need to complete several tasks using Ansible to configure a host to server a web application over HTTP and a web page over HTTPS. Use your knowledge of Ansible concepts and the command-line interface (CLI) to troubleshoot and resolve the issues in the provided configuration to pass all of the checks before time runs out.

Updates

December 14th, 2021 - Resolved an issue that caused the lab setup to not complete

August 18th, 2020 - Resolved a package dependency issue causing the lab instance to fully provision

Prerequisites

  • Completion of the Getting Started with Ansible and Ansible: Deploying Web Applications labs is highly recommended before attempting the challenge

Intended audience

  • DevOps Engineers
  • Ansible Practitioners
  • System Administrators

What will be assessed

  • Ansible configuration managment concepts including playbooks, roles, tasks, variables, and defaults
  • Ansible troubleshooting abilities

Covered topics

DevOps
Management
Ansible

Mission

Ansible Configuration Management Troubleshooting Challenge

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