Specs
Upon the completion of the course, students are able to earn a certificate by writing a playbook that automates a Dell Storage product with Ansible.
Overview
This course offers a flexible (customizable) overview of using Ansible to automate the suite of Dell storage products including PowerMax, Isilon/PowerScale and PowerStore. Examples highlight Ansible’s latest current release capabilities, building complex playbooks, and developing workflow strategies all while observing best-practice techniques.
Students will be encouraged to share with the class the manual ways they are currently doing work in an effort to create highly applicable Ansible solutions. Through these demonstrations, students will learn how to use code to extend structure and consistency to their specific job operations. Although this course focuses on Dell Storage solutions, Ansible is a Swiss-Army knife of abstracted automation. Every lesson is highly applicable beyond “just” the Dell storage suite.
Objectives
Ansible for Storage Strategies
Ansible and Dell PowerMax
Ansible and Dell Isilon / PowerScale
Ansible and Dell PowerStore
Ansible and Dell PowerFlex (VxFlex OS)
Ansible and Pure Storage
Ansible for NetApp Storage
Writing and Executing Ansible Playbooks
Developing Roles with Molecule
Installing and creating Collections for content delivery
Using Ansible to target Linux, Windows, Clouds, Network Devices and REST APIs
Ansible and AWX / Tower for Orchestration
Ansible and Jenkins for Orchestration
AI LLM prompt engineering for generating jumpstart solutions