Learn Ansible Automation In 240+Examples & Practical Lessons

Learn Ansible with some real-life examples of how to use the most common modules and Ansible Playbook
What you'll learn
Ansible in real life use cases
Ansible troubleshooting of most common errors
Install Ansible in the most common operating system
Ansible code by modules
Ansible code specific for RedHat-like and Debian-like systems
Requirements
Ansible basic knowledge
Description
Learn the Ansible automation technology with some real-life examples.Every successful IT department needs automation for bare metal servers, virtual machines, could, containers, and edge computing. Automate your IT journey with Ansible automation technology.I'm going to teach you, example by example, how to accomplish the most common System Administrator tasks.You will start with installing Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, and macOS using the most command package manager and archives.Each of the 240+ lessons summarizes a module: from the most critical parameter to some live demo of code and real-life usage. Each code is battle proved in real life. Every video includes terminal interaction and verification steps. Mundane activities like creating a text file, extracting and archiving, and fetching a repository using HTTPS or SSH connections could be automated with some lines, user management, and interaction with API services; these are only some of the long lists included in the course.Some Ansible codes are usable in all the Linux systems, some specific for RedHat-like, Debian-like, and Windows systems.The 20+ Ansible troubleshooting lesson teaches you how to read the error message, reproduce it, and the process of troubleshooting and resolution.Are you ready to automate your day with Ansible?
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction
Section 2: Install Ansible
Lecture 2 Ansible terminology - ansible vs ansible-core packages
Lecture 3 How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux 8
Lecture 4 How to install Ansible in Amazon Linux 2 (AWS EC2)
Lecture 5 How to install Ansible in Fedora 34
Lecture 6 How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Lecture 7 How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 21.10
Lecture 8 How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lecture 9 How to install Ansible in Fedora 35
Lecture 10 How to install Ansible in CentOS 8
Lecture 11 How to install Ansible in CentOS Stream 8
Lecture 12 How to install Ansible in CentOS 9 Stream
Lecture 13 How to install Ansible in Debian 11
Lecture 14 How to install Ansible in OpenSUSE Leap 15
Lecture 15 How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux 8
Lecture 16 How to install Ansible in macOS
Lecture 17 How to install Ansible with PIP
Lecture 18 How to install Ansible in Windows 10 WSL Windows Subsystem for Linux
Lecture 19 How to install Ansible in Windows 11 WSL: Windows Subsystem for Linux
Lecture 20 How to install Ansible in ArchLinux 2021.12.01
Lecture 21 How to install Ansible in Gentoo Linux
Lecture 22 How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 8
Lecture 23 How to install Ansible in Oracle Linux 8 - Ansible install
Lecture 24 How to install Ansible in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP3
Lecture 25 How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux 9 Beta
Lecture 26 How to install Ansible in Fedora 36
Lecture 27 How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux 9
Lecture 28 How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 9 - Ansible install
Lecture 29 How to install Ansible in OracleLinux 9 - Ansible install
Lecture 30 How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux 9 - Ansible install
Section 3: Ansible Tip & Tricks
Lecture 31 Print a text/variable during execution - Ansible module debug
Lecture 32 Pause execution - Ansible module pause
Lecture 33 How to Pass Variables to Ansible Playbook in the command line? - Ansible extra
Lecture 34 Break a string over multiple lines - Ansible Literal and Folded Block Operator
Lecture 35 Ansible terminology - ansible_hostname vs inventory_hostname
Lecture 36 Set remote environment per task or play - Ansible environment statement
Lecture 37 Execute command on the Ansible host - Ansible localhost
Lecture 38 Three options to Safely Limit Ansible Playbooks Execution to a Single Machine
Lecture 39 Ansible modules - command vs shell
Lecture 40 Write a Variable to a File - Ansible module copy vs template
Lecture 41 How to Run Only One Task in Ansible Playbook? - Ansible tags statement
Lecture 42 Filter A List By Its Attributes - Ansible selectattr filter
Lecture 43 Using Date, Time and Timestamp in Ansible Playbook - Ansible Tip and Tricks
Lecture 44 Using Date, Time and Timestamp without Facts in Ansible Playbook - Ansible date
Lecture 45 Ansible Playbook Dry Run - check and diff mode
Lecture 46 Ansible Magic Variables - Ansible Tip and Tricks
Lecture 47 Current ansible-playbook Path - playbook_dir Magic Variable - Ansible Tip and Tr
Lecture 48 Run a Python Script on Remote Machines - Ansible module script
Lecture 49 Build a Custom Ansible Execution Environment - ansible-builder command-line tool
Lecture 50 Run an Ansible Execution Environment - ansible-runner command-line tool
Section 4: Ansible Playbook code for Linux
Lecture 51 Edit single line text - Ansible module lineinfile
Lecture 52 Edit multi-line text - Ansible module blockinfile
Lecture 53 Test host availability - Ansible module ping
Lecture 54 Reboot remote hosts - Ansible module reboot
Lecture 55 Checkout git repository via SSH - Ansible module git
Lecture 56 Checkout git repository via HTTPS - Ansible module git
Lecture 57 Copy files from remote hosts - Remote to Local - Ansible module fetch
Lecture 58 Copy files to remote hosts - Local to Remote - Ansible module copy
Lecture 59 Copy Multiple Files - Ansible lookup plugin fileglob
Lecture 60 Start and enable services on boot on remote hosts - Ansible module service_facts
Lecture 61 Stop and disable services on boot on remote hosts - Ansible module service
Lecture 62 Apply a file template - Ansible module template
Lecture 63 Restart services on remote hosts - Ansible module service
Lecture 64 Schedule a Cron Job task in Linux - Ansible module cron
Lecture 65 Loop in file template - Ansible module template - Generate hosts file
Lecture 66 Read file from remote hosts - Ansible module slurp
Lecture 67 Read a file into a variable on host - Ansible lookup plugin file
Lecture 68 Download a file using an HTTPS proxy via environment variables - Ansible get_url
Lecture 69 Read an environment variable - Ansible lookup plugin env
Lecture 70 Permanently Set Remote System Wide Environment Variables on Linux - Ansible line
Lecture 71 Reduce Intel Laptop CPU Temperature Overheating In Linux - ansible module packag
Lecture 72 Read a JSON file into a variable - Ansible lookup plugin file
Section 5: Ansible Code reuse: Roles and Collections with Ansible Galaxy
Lecture 73 How to Download and Use Ansible Galaxy Roles — ansible-galaxy and requirements
Lecture 74 Download and Use Ansible Galaxy Collection - ansible-galaxy and requirements.yml
Lecture 75 Build & Run an Ansible Execution Environment - ansible-builder & ansible-runner
Section 6: Ansible code to interact with Linux filesystem
Lecture 76 Create an empty file - Ansible module file
Lecture 77 Create a text file - Ansible module copy
Lecture 78 Check if a file exists - Ansible module stat
Lecture 79 Create a directory - Ansible module file
Lecture 80 Check if a directory exists - Ansible module stat
Lecture 81 Rename file or directory - Ansible module copy and file
Lecture 82 Change file permission - Ansible module file
Lecture 83 Add Execute Permission 755 on Linux file — Ansible module file
Lecture 84 Delete file or directory - Ansible module file
Lecture 85 Create a symbolic link (also symlink or soft link) in Linux -Ansible module file
Lecture 86 Create a hard link in Linux - Ansible module file
Lecture 87 Download a file - Ansible module get_url
Lecture 88 Extract an archive - Ansible module unarchive
Lecture 89 Mount a Windows share in Linux SMB/CIFS - Ansible module mount
Lecture 90 Mount an NFS share in Linux - Ansible module mount
Lecture 91 Concatenate multiple files in a specific order - Ansible module template and YAM
Lecture 92 Backup With Rsync — Local to Remote — Ansible module synchronize
Lecture 93 Find All Files with Extension - Ansible module find
Lecture 94 Search for a String in a File -Ansible module lineinfile
Lecture 95 How to Delete Only Files Inside a Directory - Ansible module find
Lecture 96 Create ISO image from Files and Folders - Ansible module iso_create
Section 7: Ansible Code to Interact with Linux Storage
Lecture 97 Create a New LVM Partition - Ansible module parted
Section 8: Ansible code for user management on Linux systems
Lecture 98 Create a user account - Ansible module user
Lecture 99 Remove user account - Ansible module user
Lecture 100 Change user password - Ansible module user
Lecture 101 Disable user account - Ansible module user
Lecture 102 Enable user account - Ansible module user
Lecture 103 User password expiration - Ansible module user
Lecture 104 Create a group in Linux - Ansible module group
Lecture 105 Delete a group - Ansible module group
Lecture 106 Add a User to a Second Group on Linux - Ansible module user
Lecture 107 Change the User Primary Group on Linux - Ansible module user
Section 9: Ansible Playbook Code interact with Web Services API
Lecture 108 Submit a GET request to a REST API endpoint - Interact with web services - uri
Lecture 109 Token Based Authentication in REST API - Interact with webservice - Ansible uri
Section 10: Ansible Playbook code for Linux Security
Lecture 110 Set sysctl kernel parameters - Ansible module sysctl
Lecture 111 Load and Unload Kernel Modules in Linux - Ansible module modprobe
Lecture 112 Configure Kernel Parameters in RedHat-like Linux systems - Ansible system role
Lecture 113 Set the SELinux Policy States and Modes on Linux - Ansible module selinux
Lecture 114 Enable or Disable Permissive Domain in SELinux policy on Linux - Ansible module
Lecture 115 Enable or Disable SELinux Boolean on Linux - Ansible module seboolean
Lecture 116 Vulnerability Scanner Log4Shell Remote Code Execution Log4j (CVE-2021–44228)
Lecture 117 How to mitigrate Polkit Privilege Escalation - PWNKIT (CVE-2021-4034) on RedHat
Section 11: Ansible Playbook code for RedHat-like systems
Lecture 118 Register a system with Red Hat Subscription-Manager - Ansible module redhat_subs
Lecture 119 Install a package in RedHat like systems - Ansible module yum
Lecture 120 Deploy a web server apachehttpd on RedHat-like systems - Ansible modules yum, c
Lecture 121 Rolling Update RedHat like systems - Ansible module yum
Lecture 122 Open firewall ports in RedHat like systems - Ansible module firewalld
Lecture 123 Install Google Chrome in RedHat-like systems - Ansible module rpm_key, yum_repos
Lecture 124 Install Microsoft Edge in RedHat-like systems - Ansible module rpm_key, yum_repo
Lecture 125 NFS Server - Export an NFS Share in RedHat-like systems - six Ansible modules
Lecture 126 Deploy a proxy server squid on RedHat-like systems - Ansible modules yum, templa
Lecture 127 Deploy a web server apachehttpd virtual host on RedHat-like systems - Ansible
Section 12: Ansible Playbook code for Debian-like systems
Lecture 128 Install a package in Debian like systems - Ansible module apt
Lecture 129 Rolling Update Debian-like systems - Ansible module apt
Lecture 130 Open firewall ports in Debian like systems - Ansible module ufw
Lecture 131 Install Google Chrome in Debian-like systems - Ansible module apt_key, apt_repos
Lecture 132 Install Microsoft Edge in Debian-like systems - Ansible module apt_key, apt_repo
Lecture 133 Deploy a web server apachehttpd on Debian-like systems - Ansible modules apt, c
Lecture 134 Deploy a web server apachehttpd virtual host on Debian-like systems - Ansible m
Section 13: Ansible Playbook code for Suse-like systems
Lecture 135 Install a package in Suse-like systems - Ansible module zypper
Lecture 136 Install Google Chrome in Suse-like systems - Ansible module rpm_key, zypper_repo
Section 14: Ansible Playbook code for Windows
Lecture 137 Configure a Windows Host for Ansible - ansible winrm
Lecture 138 Test Windows host availability - Ansible module win_ping
Lecture 139 Create an empty file in Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_file
Lecture 140 Check if a file exists on Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_stat
Lecture 141 Install Windows software - Ansible module win_chocolatey
Lecture 142 Copy files to Windows remote hosts - Local to Remote - Ansible module win_copy
Lecture 143 Copy files from Windows remote hosts - Ansible module fetch
Lecture 144 Reboot Windows hosts Ansible module win_reboot
Lecture 145 Install Google Chrome in Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_chocolatey
Lecture 146 Extract an archive in Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_unzip
Lecture 147 Download a file in Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_get_url
Lecture 148 Create a directory on Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_file
Lecture 149 Check if a directory exists on Windows-like systems - Ansible module stat
Lecture 150 Check Registry .NET Framework version on Windows-like systems - Ansible module w
Lecture 151 Rolling Update Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_updates
Lecture 152 Add Windows Registry on Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_regedit
Lecture 153 Remove Windows Registry path or key on Windows-like systems - Ansible module win
Lecture 154 Create a local group on Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_group
Lecture 155 Remove a local group on Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_group
Lecture 156 Create a local user on Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_user
Lecture 157 Remove a local user on Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_user
Lecture 158 Change local user password on Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_user
Lecture 159 Backup With Robocopy on Windows - Ansible module win_robocopy
Lecture 160 Ansible modules - win_command vs win_shell
Section 15: Ansible Playbook code for macOS-like systems
Lecture 161 Install Red Hat OpenShift Local in MacOS (was CodeReady Containers)
Lecture 162 Install Ansible for Mac Universal (Intel Chip and Apple Silicon) using Homebrew
Lecture 163 Install Visual Studio Code for Mac Universal (Intel Chip and Apple Silicon)
Section 16: Ansible Code For Containers
Lecture 164 Install Docker in Debian-like systems - Ansible apt_key, apt_repository, apt
Lecture 165 Install Docker in RedHat-like systems - Ansible rpm_key, yum_repository and yum
Lecture 166 Install Docker in Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_chocolatey
Lecture 167 Install Zoom flatpack in Debian-like systems - Ansible module flatpak
Lecture 168 Install Zoom flatpak in RedHat-like systems - Ansible module flatpak
Lecture 169 Update Zoom flatpak(s) in Linux systems - Ansible module command
Lecture 170 Install Spotify snap in Debian-like systems - Ansible module snap
Lecture 171 Install Spotify snap in RedHat-like systems - Ansible module snap
Lecture 172 Setup Apache Web Server in a Docker Container for Debian-like systems - Ansible
Lecture 173 Deploy Apache Web Server in a Podman Container for RedHat-like systems - Ansible
Section 17: Ansible Code For Kubernetes K8s and OpenShift OCP
Lecture 174 Install Red Hat CodeReady Containers to run OpenShift 4 in macOS
Lecture 175 Create Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP Namespace Project - Ansible module k8s
Lecture 176 Create Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP Namespace Project - Ansible module k8s
Lecture 177 Create Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP Pod - nginx - Ansible module k8s
Lecture 178 Create Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP service - Ansible module k8s
Lecture 179 Create Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP Secret - Ansible module k8s
Lecture 180 Assign CPU Resources to Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP Containers and Pods — An
Lecture 181 Assign Memory Resources to Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP Containers and Pods -
Lecture 182 Configure a Pod to Use a Volume for Storage - Ansible module k8s
Lecture 183 Apply Multiple Yaml Files at Once on Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP - Ansible m
Section 18: Ansible For VMware
Lecture 184 Configure Ansible for VMware - ansible collection community.vmware
Lecture 185 Configure a Python Virtual Environment for Ansible VMware — ansible collection c
Lecture 186 Ansible troubleshooting - VMware Failed to Import PyVmomi
Lecture 187 Ansible troubleshooting - VMware Unknown error while connecting to vCenter or ES
Lecture 188 Ansible troubleshooting - VMware certificate verify failed connecting to vCenter
Lecture 189 Create a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine - Ansible module vmware_guest
Lecture 190 Deploy a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine from a Template - Ansible module vmware_
Lecture 191 Start a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine - Ansible module vmware_guest_powerstate
Lecture 192 Stop a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine — Ansible module vmware_guest_powerstate
Lecture 193 Take a VMware Virtual Machine Snapshot - Ansible module vmware_guest_snapshot
Lecture 194 Delete a VMware Virtual Machine Snapshot - Ansible module vmware_guest_snapshot
Lecture 195 Add a New Hard Disk to VMware vSphere Virtual Machine - Ansible module vmware_gu
Lecture 196 Expand a Virtual Disk in VMware vSphere Virtual Machine - Ansible module vmware_
Lecture 197 Ansible Dynamic Inventory For VMware - Ansible vmware_vm_inventory
Lecture 198 Gather Info about all VMware ESX/ESXi Hosts in a given Cluster - Ansible module
Lecture 199 Get VMware vSphere Virtual Machine UUID - Ansible module vmware_guest_info
Section 19: Ansible for Network Automation
Lecture 200 Backup Config on Dell EMC Networking Operating System DNOS 6 - Ansible Network d
Lecture 201 Backup Config on Dell EMC Networking Operating System DNOS 10 - Ansible Network
Lecture 202 Backup Config on Mikrotik RouterOS - Ansible Network community.routeros
Section 20: Ansible For AWS
Lecture 203 Configure Ansible for AWS - ansible collection amazon.aws
Lecture 204 Configure a Python Virtual Environment for Ansible AWS - ansible collection amaz
Lecture 205 Search for AWS EC2 AMI ID by Region - Ansible module ec2_ami_info
Lecture 206 Ansible troubleshooting - AWS Failed to import the required Python library (boto
Section 21: Ansible For PostgreSQL
Lecture 207 Install PostgreSQL in RedHat-like systems - Ansible modules yum, stat, shell, se
Lecture 208 Install PostgreSQL in Debian-like systems - Ansible modules apt, stat, shell, se
Lecture 209 Drop a PostgreSQL Database - Ansible module postgresql_user
Lecture 210 Create a PostgreSQL Database - Ansible module postgresql_db
Lecture 211 Create a PostgreSQL User or Role - Ansible module postgresql_user
Lecture 212 Allow md5 Connection for a PostgreSQL User / Role - Ansible module postgresql_pg
Lecture 213 Grant Privileges to User/Role on PostgreSQL Database - Ansible module postgresql
Lecture 214 Backup a PostgreSQL Database - Ansible module postgresql_db
Lecture 215 Restore a PostgreSQL Database — Ansible module postgresql_db
Lecture 216 Rename a PostgreSQL Database — Ansible module postgresql_db
Lecture 217 Run a SQL Command/Query on PostgreSQL - Ansible module postgresql_query
Section 22: Ansible Troubleshooting of the most common errors
Lecture 218 Ansible troubleshooting - Failed to connect to the host via ssh host localhost p
Lecture 219 Ansible troubleshooting - indentation error
Lecture 220 Ansible troubleshooting - privilege escalation error
Lecture 221 Ansible troubleshooting - connection failed
Lecture 222 Ansible troubleshooting - macOS fork error
Lecture 223 Ansible troubleshooting - missing module parameter
Lecture 224 Ansible troubleshooting - failure downloading
Lecture 225 Ansible troubleshooting - chgrp failed
Lecture 226 Ansible troubleshooting - Syntax Error
Lecture 227 Ansible troubleshooting - not a valid attribute for a Play error
Lecture 228 Ansible troubleshooting - fatal template error while templating string
Lecture 229 Ansible troubleshooting - PowerShell incompatible with the sudo become plugin
Lecture 230 Ansible troubleshooting - passwordless account
Lecture 231 Ansible troubleshooting - missing sudo password and incorrect sudo password
Lecture 232 Ansible troubleshooting - user module password_expiry_min bug and workaround
Lecture 233 Ansible troubleshooting - Windows 10 Error 0x80370102 WSL: WindowsSubsystemLinux
Lecture 234 (Solved) Windows 11 Error 0x80370102 WSL: Windows Subsystem for Linux - Ansible
Lecture 235 Ansible troubleshooting - invalid argument
Lecture 236 Ansible troubleshooting - undefined variable
Lecture 237 Ansible troubleshooting - Destination does not exist
Lecture 238 Ansible troubleshooting - the "role not found" error
Lecture 239 Ansible troubleshooting - Module Failure on Windows-target
Lecture 240 Ansible troubleshooting - Permission denied Errno 13
Lecture 241 Ansible troubleshooting - VARIABLE IS NOT DEFINED! ansible_hostname
Lecture 242 Ansible troubleshooting - Unhandled exception while executing module win_user
Lecture 243 Ansible troubleshooting - This command has to be run under the root user
Lecture 244 Ansible troubleshooting - Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP 401 Unauthorized
Lecture 245 Ansible troubleshooting - Destination does not exist rc 257
Section 23: Thank you
Lecture 246 Thank you
System Administrator,IT Professional,Cloud Engineer,DevOps,Linux Engineer
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