Ansible Configuration Management

Course Overview

Ansible Configuration Management is a hands‑on, automation‑focused course that teaches learners how to manage infrastructure, deploy applications, and enforce configuration consistency using Ansible, a leading agentless automation tool. The course covers YAML playbooks, inventory management, roles, variables, templates, idempotency, and enterprise‑grade automation workflows. Learners gain practical experience automating Linux/Windows systems, cloud resources, and CI/CD pipelines.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for:

• DevOps engineers and cloud engineers

• System administrators automating server configuration

• Platform engineers and SREs managing large‑scale environments

• Developers deploying applications across environments

• Learners preparing for Red Hat EX407 (Ansible Automation)

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

Core Ansible Skills

• Understand Ansible architecture, modules, and agentless execution

• Write and execute playbooks using YAML

• Manage inventories (static, dynamic, cloud‑based)

• Use variables, facts, conditionals, loops, and handlers

• Create reusable roles and collections

• Use Jinja2 templates for dynamic configuration

• Implement idempotent, predictable automation workflows

Infrastructure & Application Automation

• Automate Linux and Windows configuration

• Deploy applications and manage services

• Manage packages, users, permissions, and system settings

• Integrate Ansible with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Use Ansible Vault for secrets management

Enterprise‑Grade Automation

• Build CI/CD automation using Ansible

• Use Ansible Tower / AWX for centralized automation

• Implement RBAC, job templates, and workflow templates

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize playbook execution

• Apply best practices for structure, performance, and maintainability

Tools & Technologies Covered

• Ansible, Ansible Galaxy, Ansible Vault

• YAML, Jinja2

• Linux, Windows, SSH, WinRM

• AWS, Azure, GCP modules

• Ansible Tower / AWX

• Git, CI/CD pipelines