Ansible Advanced

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Overview:

This 5 days course will give a strong knowledge on Ansible and deploy Ansible infrastructure and manage.

Prerequisite:

Linux basic skills (like working file and directories)

Who should attend:

Targeted for Developers.

Agenda:

Introduction:

• Course Introduction
• Introduction to Ansible
• Ansible vs. Other Tools
• Introduction to YAML
• YAML Examples
• Ansible Documentation: Modules
 

Setup and Configuration


Test Environment Setup
Download and Installation
Ansible Configuration File
Ansible Python Dependencies
The HOSTS File
Overriding the Default HOSTS File
Overriding the Default System Ansible.Cfg File
Overriding the Default Roles Path
Exercise: Configure Test Environment for Secure Access
Exercise: Configuring the Ansible Host Environment
Exercise: Ansible Facts
 

Ansible Playbooks – Part 1


Configuring Your ‘Ansible’ Account
Ansible Command Line
System Facts
System Facts: Common Values for Playbooks
Our First Playbook
Variables: Inclusion Types
Target Section
Variable Section
Task Section
Handler Section
Outlining Your Playbook
Create a Playbook from Our Outline
Optimizing Your Playbook
Taking Our Playbook for a Dry Run
Asychronous Polling
Simple Variable Substitution
Lookups
 

Ansible Playbooks – Part 2


RunOnce
Local Actions
Loops
Conditionals
Until
Notify
Vault
Prompt – Interactive Playbook
Basic Include Statements
Tags
Basic Error Handling
Includes – Breaking Your Playbook Into Discrete Plays
Starting At Task or Stepping Through All Tasks
Passing Variables Into Playbooks at the Command Line
Using Jinja2 Templates
LocalAction
DelegateTo
 

Ansible Playbooks – Exercises


Running Ansible Commands Against Hosts
Querying a Remote System
Create a Simple Playbook
Building a Larger Playbook – Target Section
Building a Larger Playbook – Variable Section
Building a Larger Playbook – Task Section
Playbooks – Loops
Playbooks – Notify
Playbooks – Conditionals
Playbooks – Lookup
Playbooks – Local Action
Playbooks – Run Once
Playbooks – Prompt
Playbooks – Includes
Playbooks – Tags
Playbooks – Until
Playbooks – Ignore Errors
Playbooks – Discrete Plays
Playbooks – Create an Outline
Playbooks – Create Playbook from Outline
Playbooks – Optimize Your Outline Playbook
Take Your Playbook for a DryRun
Jinja2 Template Creation
Playbooks – Using Templates
Playbooks – Start At
Playbooks – Step Into
Playbooks – Variables from Command Line
Playbooks – DelegateTo
 

Ansible Modules – Part 1


The ‘Setup’ Module
The ‘File’ Module
The ‘Pause’ Module
The ‘WaitFor’ Module
The ‘Yum’ Module
The ‘Apt’ Module
The ‘Service’ Module
The ‘Copy’ Module
The ‘Command’ Module
The ‘Cron’ Module
The ‘Debug’ Module
The ‘Fetch’ Module
The ‘User’ Module
The ‘AT’ Module
The ‘DNF’ Module
The ‘Apache2_Module’ Module
The ‘SetFact’ Module
The ‘Stat’ Module
The ‘Script’ Module
The ‘Shell’ Module
 

Ansible Modules – Part 2


The ‘SELinux’ Module
The ‘SEBoolean’ Module
The ‘Raw’ Module
The ‘Ping’ Module
The ‘Package’ Module
The ‘Unarchive’ Module
The ‘HTPasswd’ Module
The ‘GetURL’ Module
The ‘Group’ Module
The ‘Mail’ Module
The ‘Filesystem’ Module
The ‘Mount’ Module
The ‘Notify’ Module
The ‘AptRepo’ Module
The ‘ AptKey’ Module
The ‘ ACL’ Module
The ‘Git’ Module
The ‘Template’ Module
The ‘MySQL_DB’ Module
The ‘MySQL_User’ Module
The ‘Kernel_Blacklist’ Module
 

Ansible Modules – Exercises


The Pause Module
The WaitFor Module
The Setup Module
The ‘Yum’ Module
The ‘Apt’ Module
The ‘Service’ Module
The ‘Copy’ Module
The ‘Command’ Module
The ‘Cron’ Module
The ‘Debug’ Module
The ‘User’ Module
The ‘Fetch’ Module
The ‘SetFact’ Module
The ‘Stat’ Module
The ‘Script’ Module
The ‘Debug’ Module
The ‘Fetch’ Module
The ‘User’ Module
The ‘AT’ Module
The ‘DNF’ Module
The ‘Shell’ Module
The ‘SELinux’ Module
The ‘SEBoolean’ Module
The ‘Raw’ Module
The ‘Ping’ Module
The ‘HTPasswd’ Module
The ‘GetURL’ Module
The ‘Group’ Module
The ‘Filesystem’ Module
The ‘Mount’ Module
The ‘Mail’ Module
The ‘Unarchive’ Module
The ‘Notify’ Module
The ‘Apt Repo’ Module
The ‘AptKey’ Module
The ‘ACL’ Module
The ‘MySQL_DB’ Module
The ‘MySQL_User’ Module
 

Roles


Roles – The Directory Structure
Role Based Tasks
Task Order – Pre and Post Tasks
Roles – Conditional Execution
Roles – Variable Substitution
Roles – Handlers
Roles – Using Notification
Roles – Configuring Alternate Roles Paths
Roles – Conditional Include Statements
Roles – Waiting For Events
Roles – Executing a Task Until
Roles – Using Tags
Roles – Breaking a Playbook Into a Role
Roles – Passing Variables from Command Line
Roles – DelegateTo
Roles – LocalAction
Exercise: Roles – Create Directory Structure
Exercise: Roles – Tasks Within a Role
Exercise: Roles – Pre and Post Tasks
Exercise: Roles – Variable Substitution
Exercise: Roles – Conditional Roles
Exercise: Roles – Using Templates
 

Ansible Command Line Usage


Ansible Command Line – Installing Packages
Ansible Command Line – Services and Hosts
Ansible Command Line – Commands and Shells
Ansible Command Line – Managing Users
Ansible Command Line – Create and Manage Cron Jobs
Ansible Command Line – Running Arbitrary Commands
Ansible Command Line – Output Tree
Exercise: Ansible Command Line – Run Arbitrary Module Commands
Exercise: Ansible Command Line – Installing Packages
Exercise: Ansible Command Line – Managing Services
Exercise: Ansible Command Line – Managing Users
Exercise: Ansible Command Line – Managing CRON Jobs
Exercise: Ansible Command Line – Run Arbitrary System Commands
 

Use Cases


Creating a Web Server Deployment – Outline
Creating a Web Server Deployment – Playbook First Pass
Creating a Web Server Deployment – Playbook Optimization
Creating a Web Server Deployment – Breaking Into Role(s)
Creating an NFS Server Deployment – Outline
Creating an NFS Server Deployment – Playbook First Pass
Creating an NFS Server Deployment – Playbook Optimization
Creating an NFS Server Deployment – Breaking Into Role(s)
Creating a Database Server Deployment – Outline
Creating a Database Server Deployment – Playbook First Pass
Creating a Database Server Deployment – Playbook Optimization
Creating a Database Server Deployment – Breaking Into Role(s)
Exercise: Use Case – Create a Web Server Outline
Exercise: Use Case – Create a DB Server Outline
Exercise: Use Case – Create an NFS Server Outline
 

Advanced Topics and Ansible 2.0 Updates


Galaxy Introduction and Usage
Ansible 2.0 – Installation
Ansible 2.0 – Playbooks: User Privilege Escalation Changes
Ansible 2.0 – Modules: The ‘Find’ Module
Ansible 2.0 – Modules: The ‘Package’ Module
Ansible 2.0 – Roles: User Privilege Escalation Changes
Ansible 2.0 – Roles: The ‘Find’ Module
Ansible 2.0 – Roles: The ‘Package’ Module
Exercise: The ‘Find’ Module
Exercise: The ‘Package’ Module
 

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