Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible and Exam (EX294) (RH295) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Introduce Ansible

• Describe the fundamental concepts of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and how it is used, and install Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Implement an Ansible playbook

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

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

Managing complex plays and playbooks

• Write playbooks for larger, more complex plays and playbooks.

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.