Course Outline
Introduction to Ansible for Government
- A brief history and the rationale behind the development of Ansible.
- A comparative overview with other configuration management tools such as SaltStack.
- The benefits and limitations of utilizing Ansible in government operations.
Quick Examples for Government
- Deploying Apache server configurations.
- Managing changes in the server configuration.
Playbooks for Government
- Roles and their significance in organizing tasks.
- Inclusion of playbooks to manage complex workflows.
- The use of variables for dynamic configurations.
- Applying filters to transform data within playbooks.
- Conditionals to control task execution based on specific criteria.
- Loops for repetitive actions in configuration management.
- Accelerated Mode for faster playbook execution.
- Asynchronous Actions to handle long-running tasks.
- Pooling resources for efficient task distribution.
- Dry Run to preview changes without applying them.
- Delegation, rolling updates, and local actions for flexible deployment strategies.
- Error Handling to ensure robustness in playbook execution.
- Lookups for retrieving data from external sources.
- Prompts for interactive user input during playbook runs.
- Tags for selective task execution.
- Vault for secure management of sensitive information.
- Running playbooks interactively to address dynamic requirements.
Dealing with Modules for Government
- Installing and managing Ansible modules.
- An overview of commonly used modules in government environments.
Other Considerations for Government
- Ansible Galaxy for sharing and reusing community roles and playbooks.
- The AWX Project for a web-based user interface to manage Ansible operations.
- Testing strategies to ensure reliable and secure configurations.
- YAML Syntax guidelines for creating well-structured playbooks.
Requirements
Proficiency in Linux/Unix administration is required for government IT professionals to effectively manage and secure critical systems and infrastructure.
Testimonials (7)
Trainer knowledge in the subject was very Good.
Fayaz - Skillsoft
Course - Managing Configuration with Ansible
Stay positive and excited as you are. It was the best training experience in my career!!
Mateusz Feliszewski - Global Knowledge Network Training Limited
Course - Managing Configuration with Ansible
Methodology theory and practice.
DAVID ARENAS FRANCO - SGS GULF LIMITED
Course - Managing Configuration with Ansible
The knowledge and helpfulness of the trainer.
Graham Gill - Global Knowledge
Course - Managing Configuration with Ansible
Staring at the complete begin, and building up slowly with a lot of examples
Jeroen Ledeboer - Global Knowledge
Course - Managing Configuration with Ansible
That the trainer gave as tasks to try or to guess what is the solution is (instead of presenting the solutions).
Jeannette Eichholz
Course - Managing Configuration with Ansible
The most thing I liked was how this training was organized. It was interactive and we had access to the training's solutions and there was no need to ask for help at minor issues. This Titus could focus on major issues.
