Specs
Overview
Ansible is used to bring structure and consistency to system deployments, implementations, and changes. Students tempted to write a complex Python script to do a networking automation task will discover that the problem is already solved by an Ansible module. Lots of unnecessary Python scripts can be eliminated by using Ansible whenever possible. Ansible is used for both network and server administrators alike.
Objectives
Overview of Ansible and critical modules
AI LLM prompt engineering for generating Ansible solutions
Ansible collections for content delivery
Building roles for code reuse
YAML formatting
Playbook construction and order of execution
Jinja2 templating
Static and Dynamic inventory management
Credential Management and Encryption with Vault
Finding solutions on Ansible Galaxy
Version controlling code with Git