Ansible Playbooks
A playbook in Ansible is something that tells the machine what to do. It can be compared to a user manual which includes all the instructions. It is written in YAML, which is human readable and views like XML. Even within the first few sessions of Ansible Training, you can write powerful playbooks, since it is that simple. We will be having a playbook that configures the server in accordance with the baseline. Playbook can orchestrate infrastructure topology of the system and controls many machines at the same time.
Why Ansible?
We have got many other automation tools like Puppet, Chef Etc. and what is so important about using Ansible? The answer is just because of simplicity. The creator of Ansible is Michael DeHaan who was familiar with many automation tools. It is developed using YAML, which is easy to study configuration language. At the same time, Chef and Puppet are using Ruby, which is little hard to study for a beginner. For the system administrators, it is really a boon. The deployment of ansible is very easy since it doesn’t need an agent. Instead, we want Python or PowerShell and SSH in the system that we need to manage. These features make Ansible Training in Pune comfortable and smoother. Within a few sessions, the learners can catch up with the main ideas.
Ansible Training Curriculum
The main topics that will be included in the Ansible Training taking place in Pune will be:
- Installation and Troubleshooting Ansible
- A detailed study on Central nodes and hosts
- Usage of Ansible to run ad-hoc commands
- Automating tasks with playbooks
- Writing Ansible playbooks
- Usage of Ansible Vault for the protection of encrypted data that is essential for tasks
- Usage of Ansible Tower for deployments
- Usage of Vagrant in a DevOps environment