Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible (RH294)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible(RH294) is designed for Linux® system administrators and developers who need to automate provisioning, configuration, application deployment, and orchestration. You will learn how to install and configure Ansible® on a management workstation; prepare managed hosts for automation; write Ansible Playbooks to automate tasks; and run playbooks to ensure servers are correctly deployed and configured.

This course is based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 8 and Red Hat® Ansible Engine 2.8.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible (RH294) Benefits

• In this course, you will learn how to:

  • Install and configure Ansible or Red Hat Ansible Engine on a control node.
  • Create and manage inventories of managed hosts, as well as prepare them for Ansible automation.
  • Run individual ad hoc automation tasks from the command line.
  • Write Ansible Playbooks to consistently automate multiple tasks and apply them to managed hosts.
  • Parameterize playbooks using variables and facts, and protect sensitive data with Ansible Vault.
  • Write and reuse existing Ansible roles to simplify playbook creation and reuse code.
  • Automate common Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administration tasks using Ansible.

• Prerequisites

  Pass the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam (EX200), or demonstrate equivalent Red Hat Enterprise Linux knowledge and experience.

RH294 Course Outline

Introduce Ansible

• Describe Ansible concepts and install Red Hat Ansible Engine.

Deploy Ansible

• Configure Ansible to manage hosts and run ad hoc Ansible commands.

Implement playbooks

• Write a simple Ansible Playbook and run it to automate tasks on multiple managed hosts.

Manage variables and facts

• Write playbooks that use variables to simplify management of the playbook and facts to reference information about managed hosts.

Implement task control

• Manage task control, handlers, and task errors in Ansible Playbooks.

Deploy files to managed hosts

• Deploy, manage, and adjust files on hosts managed by Ansible.

Manage large projects

• Write playbooks that are optimized for larger, more complex projects.

Simplify playbooks with roles

• Use Ansible roles to develop playbooks more quickly and to reuse Ansible code.

Troubleshoot Ansible

• Troubleshoot playbooks and managed hosts.

Automate Linux administration tasks

• Automate common Linux system administration tasks with Ansible.