Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (RH294) - Red Hat System Administration III

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Learn how to automate Linux system administration tasks with Ansible Red Hat System Administration III: Linux Automation with Ansible (RH294) teaches the skills needed to manage large numbers of systems and applications efficiently and consistently. You will learn the techniques needed to use Ansible® to automate provisioning, configuration, application deployment, and orchestration. This course is based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 8 and Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8. Course content summary * Install Ansible / Red Hat Ansible Engine on control nodes. * Create and update inventories of managed hosts and manage connections to them. * Automate administration tasks with Ansible Playbooks and ad hoc commands. * Write effective playbooks at scale. * Protect sensitive data used by Ansible with Ansible Vault. * Reuse code and simplify playbook development with Ansible roles. Audience for this course This course is geared toward Linux system administrators, DevOps engineers, infrastructure automation engineers, and systems design engineers who are responsible for these tasks: * Automating configuration management * Ensuring consistent and repeatable application deployment * Provisioning and deployment of development, testing, and production servers * Integrating with DevOps continuous integration/continuous delivery workflows Prerequisites for this course Pass the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam (EX200), or demonstrate equivalent Red Hat Enterprise Linux knowledge and experience Red Hat System Administration III: Linux Automation Table of Contents Document Conventions Introduction Red Hat System Administration III: Linux Automation Orientation to the Classroom Environment Controlling Your Systems Internationalization Chapter 1. Introducing Ansible Automating Linux Administration with Ansible Quiz: Automating Linux Administration with Ansible Installing Ansible Guided Exercise: Installing Ansible Summary Chapter 2. Deploying Ansible Building an Ansible Inventory Guided Exercise: Building an Ansible Inventory Managing Ansible Configuration Files Guided Exercise: Managing Ansible Configuration Files Running Ad Hoc Commands Guided Exercise: Running Ad Hoc Commands Lab: Deploying Ansible Summary Chapter 3. Implementing Playbooks Writing and Running Playbooks Guided Exercise: Writing and Running Playbooks Implementing Multiple Plays Guided Exercise: Implementing Multiple Plays Lab: Implementing Playbooks Summary Chapter 4. Managing Variables and Facts Managing Variables Guided Exercise: Managing Variables Managing Secrets Guided Exercise: Managing Secrets Managing Facts Guided Exercise: Managing Facts Lab: Managing Variables and Facts Summary Chapter 5. Implementing Task Control Writing Loops and Conditional Tasks Guided Exercise: Writing Loops and Conditional Tasks Implementing Handlers Guided Exercise: Implementing Handlers Handling Task Failure Guided Exercise: Handling Task Failure Lab: Implementing Task Control Summary Chapter 6. Deploying Files to Managed Hosts Modifying and Copying Files to Hosts Guided Exercise: Modifying and Copying Files to Hosts Deploying Custom Files with Jinja2 Templates Guided Exercise: Deploying Custom Files with Jinja2 Templates Lab: Deploying Files to Managed Hosts Summary Chapter 7. Managing Large Projects Selecting Hosts with Host Patterns Guided Exercise: Selecting Hosts with Host Patterns Managing Dynamic Inventories Guided Exercise: Managing Dynamic Inventories Configuring Parallelism Guided Exercise: Configuring Parallelism Including and Importing Files Guided Exercise: Including and Importing Files Lab: Managing Large Projects Summary Chapter 8. Simplifying Playbooks with Roles Describing Role Structure Quiz: Describing Role Structure Reusing Content with System Roles Guided Exercise: Reusing Content with System Roles Creating Roles Guided Exercise: Creating Roles Deploying Roles with Ansible Galaxy Guided Exercise: Deploying Roles with Ansible Galaxy Lab: Simplifying Playbooks with Roles Summary Chapter 9. Troubleshooting Ansible Troubleshooting Playbooks Guided Exercise: Troubleshooting Playbooks Troubleshooting Ansible Managed Hosts Guided Exercise: Troubleshooting Ansible Managed Hosts Lab: Troubleshooting Ansible Summary Chapter 10. Automating Linux Administration Tasks Managing Software and Subscriptions Guided Exercise: Managing Software and Subscriptions Managing Users and Authentication Guided Exercise: Managing Users and Authentication Managing the Boot Process and Scheduled Processes Guided Exercise: Managing the Boot Process and Scheduled Processes Managing Storage Guided Exercise: Managing Storage Managing Network Configuration Guided Exercise: Managing Network Configuration Lab: Automating Linux Administration Tasks Summary Chapter 11. Comprehensive Review: Automation with Ansible Comprehensive Review Lab: Deploying Ansible Lab: Creating Playbooks Lab: Creating Roles and Using Dynamic Inventory Appendix A. Supplementary Topics Examining Ansible Configuration Options Appendix B. Ansible Lightbulb Licensing Ansible Lightbulb License