Automating Linux System Administration with Ansible

Multi-system management is becoming more important. Budgets are tight and do not allow for additional staff. This course, Linux Administration With Ansible: Getting started with Ansible Automation, will teach you how to install Ansible, manage multiple Linux systems, and more. You'll first learn about automation methods and why you might use Ansible. Next, you will learn how ad-hoc commands are useful in configuring systems quickly to the desired state. You'll also learn how to use Ansible Playbooks to create repeatable configurations for your estate. You'll be able to manage small environments with the knowledge and skills gained from this course.

It is important to have repeatable configurations that can easily be re-used as needed. This not only ensures long-term success in the production environment but also allows you to recreate the environment in your development environment. This course Linux Administration with Ansible: Building Ansible Playbooks teaches you how to read and create YAML files, which is the file format used by Ansible Playbooks. To understand the syntax and rules of YAML, you will first learn how to create YAML statements online. Next, we'll show you how to create Playbooks that contain logic so that tasks can be controlled. You'll also learn how to create Playbooks that cover all aspects of Linux administration. After completing this course, you will have the knowledge and skills to manage various Linux administration projects.

You can maximize your success once you have taken the first steps to setup and use Ansible. This course Linux Administration with Ansible - Advanced Ansible Automation will teach you advanced techniques to share Ansible content, control playbook execution, templating configuration file with Jinja2, protect sensitive information with Ansible Vault, and manage Routers, switches, and routers with Ansible. You will first explore Ansible's Jinja2 templating capabilities. Next, you'll dive deep into Ansible Galaxy roles, collections and roles. Next, you'll learn how to use Ansible Vault to protect your secrets and manage parallelism in your playbooks. You will also learn how to configure Ansible for network devices like routers and switches. You will be able to automate management of Linux machines using Ansible after you have completed this course.