Red Hat System Administration III: Linux Automation (RH294) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Introduce Ansible
  • Describe the fundamental concepts of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and how it is used, and install Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
Implement an Ansible playbook
  • Create an inventory of managed hosts, write a simple Ansible playbook, and run the playbook to automate tasks on those hosts.
Manage variables and facts
  • Write playbooks that use variables to simplify management of the playbook and facts to reference information about managed hosts.
Implement task control
  • Manage task control, handlers, and task errors in Ansible Playbooks.
Deploy files to managed hosts
  • Deploy, manage, and adjust files on hosts managed by Ansible.
Manage complex plays and playbooks
  • Write playbooks that are optimized for larger, more complex plays and playbooks.
Simplify playbooks with roles
  • Use Ansible roles to develop playbooks more quickly and to reuse Ansible code.
Troubleshoot Ansible
  • Troubleshoot playbooks and managed hosts.
Automate Linux administration tasks
  • Automate common Linux system administration tasks with Ansible.