Course Description

Learn how to automate Linux system administration tasks with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible (RH294) course is designed for Linux developers and system administrators who need to automate the preparation, configuration, orchestration, and deployment of applications.

The course is based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 8.4 and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2.

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Summary of course content

• Install Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on control nodes
• Create and update managed host inventories and manage their connections
• Automate administrative tasks with specific commands and Ansible playbooks
• Write effective playbooks as needed
• Protect sensitive information used in Ansible Automation Platform with Ansible Vault
• Reuse code and simplify playbook development with Ansible and Ansible Content Collections features

Audience to which the course is directed

• The course is aimed at Linux system administrators, DevOps, infrastructure automation and system design engineers who are responsible for the following tasks:

  • Automate configuration management
  • Ensure consistent and consistent application deployment
  • Prepare and deploy development, test, and production servers
  • Incorporate DevOps continuous integration and delivery workflows

Prerequisites for the course

• Pass the exam Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) Exam (EX200), or demonstrate that you have equivalent knowledge and experience in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Take a free evaluation to determine if this offer is the most suitable based on your skills.

Course content

Introduction to Ansible

• Describe the basics and how to use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, and install the platform.

Deploy an Ansible playbook

• Create an inventory of managed hosts, write a simple Ansible playbook, and run it to automate tasks on the hosts.

Management of variables and data from remote systems

• Write playbooks that use variables to simplify management, and that use data from remote systems to locate information about managed hosts.

Implementation of task control

• Manage task monitoring and errors as well as drivers in Ansible playbooks.

Deploy files to managed hosts

• Deploy, manage, and tune files on Ansible-managed hosts.

Management of complex plays and playbooks

• Write optimized playbooks to support larger, more complex plays and playbooks.

Simplifying playbooks with features

• Use Ansible features to create playbooks faster and to reuse Ansible code.

Troubleshooting Ansible

• Troubleshoot issues related to playbooks and managed hosts.

Automating Linux administration tasks

• Automate common Linux system administration tasks with Ansible.