Using Ansible for Configuration Management and Deployments

Syllabus

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Introduction to Ansible

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Ansible vs. Other Tools

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Introduction to YAML

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YAML Examples

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Ansible Documentation: Modules

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Test Environment Setup

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Download and Installation

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Ansible Configuration File

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Ansible Python Dependencies

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The HOSTS File

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Overriding the Default HOSTS File

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Overriding the Default System Ansible.Cfg File

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Overriding the Default Roles Path

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Configuring Your 'Ansible' Account

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Ansible Command Line

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System Facts

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System Facts: Common Values for Playbooks

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Our First Playbook

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Variables: Inclusion Types

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Target Section

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Variable Section

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Task Section

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Handler Section

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Outlining Your Playbook

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Create a Playbook from Our Outline

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Optimizing Your Playbook

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Taking Our Playbook for a Dry Run

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Asychronous Polling

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Simple Variable Substitution

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Lookups

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RunOnce

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Local Actions

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Loops

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Conditionals

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Until

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Notify

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Vault

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Prompt - Interactive Playbook

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Basic Include Statements

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Tags

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Basic Error Handling

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Includes - Breaking Your Playbook Into Discrete Plays

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Starting At Task or Stepping Through All Tasks

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Passing Variables Into Playbooks at the Command Line

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Using Jinja2 Templates

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LocalAction

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DelegateTo

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The 'Setup' Module

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The 'File' Module

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The 'Pause' Module

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The 'WaitFor' Module

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The 'Yum' Module

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The 'Apt' Module

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The 'Service' Module

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The 'Copy' Module

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The 'Command' Module

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The 'Cron' Module

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The 'Debug' Module

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The 'Fetch' Module

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The 'User' Module

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The 'AT' Module

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The 'DNF' Module

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The 'Apache2_Module' Module

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The 'SetFact' Module

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The 'Stat' Module

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The 'Script' Module

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The 'Shell' Module

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The 'SELinux' Module

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The 'SEBoolean' Module

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The 'Raw' Module

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The 'Ping' Module

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The 'Unarchive' Module

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The 'HTPasswd' Module

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The 'GetURL' Module

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The 'Group' Module

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The 'Mail' Module

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The 'Filesystem' Module

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The 'Mount' Module

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The 'Notify' Module

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The 'AptRepo' Module

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The 'AptKey' Module

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The ' ACL' Module

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The 'Git' Module

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Creating a Jinja2 Template File

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The 'Template' Module

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The 'MySQL_DB' Module

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The 'MySQL_User' Module

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The 'Kernel_Blacklist' Module

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Roles - The Directory Structure

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Role Based Tasks

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Task Order - Pre and Post Tasks

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Roles - Conditional Execution

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Roles - Variable Substitution

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Roles - Handlers

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Roles - Using Notification

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Roles - Configuring Alternate Roles Paths

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Roles - Conditional Include Statements

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Roles - Waiting For Events

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Roles - Executing a Task Until

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Roles - Using Tags

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Roles - Breaking a Playbook Into a Role

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Roles - Passing Variables from Command Line

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Roles - Using Jinja2 Templates

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Roles - DelegateTo

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Roles - LocalAction

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Ansible Command Line - Installing Packages

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Ansible Command Line - Services and Hosts

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Ansible Command Line - Commands and Shells

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Ansible Command Line - Managing Users

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Ansible Command Line - Create and Manage Cron Jobs

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Ansible Command Line - Running Arbitrary Commands

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Ansible Command Line - Output Tree

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Creating a Web Server Deployment - Outline

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Creating a Web Server Deployment - Playbook First Pass

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Creating a Web Server Deployment - Playbook Optimization

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Creating a Web Server Deployment - Breaking Into Role(s)

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Creating an NFS Server Deployment - Outline

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Creating an NFS Server Deployment - Playbook First Pass

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Creating an NFS Server Deployment - Playbook Optimization

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Creating an NFS Server Deployment - Breaking Into Role(s)

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Creating a Database Server Deployment - Outline

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Creating a Database Server Deployment - Playbook First Pass

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Creating a Database Server Deployment - Playbook Optimization

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Creating a Database Server Deployment - Breaking Into Role(s)

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Galaxy Introduction and Usage

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Ansible 2.0 - Installation

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Ansible 2.0 - Playbooks: User Privilege Escalation Changes

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Ansible 2.0 - Modules: The 'Find' Module

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Ansible 2.0 - Modules: The 'Package' Module

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Ansible 2.0 - Roles: User Privilege Escalation Changes

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Ansible 2.0 - Roles: The 'Find' Module

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Ansible 2.0 - Roles: The 'Package' Module

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Conclusion and Next Steps

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