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 apache httpd 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 apache httpd 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 apache httpd on Debian-like systems - Ansible modules apt, c

Lecture 134 Deploy a web server apache httpd 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

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