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Learn how to automate Linux system administration tasks with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and manage complex automation workflows at scale and prevent single points of failure.

The Ansible Automation Platform Boot Camp (DO710) is designed for Linux administrators and developers who need to automate repeatable and error-prone steps for system provisioning, configuration, application deployment, and orchestration. Learn recommended practices for automation development using reusable code, advanced playbook techniques, shared execution environments, and preparing for scalable automation with the automation content navigator. Deploy automation controller to centrally manage automation workflows, automation mesh to scale up and distribute execution capacity, and private automation hub to manage Ansible Content Collections and automation execution environments for use by automation developers.

This collection of courses is based on Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5.

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What You'll Learn

Impact on the organization

  • Bring operational efficiency by removing manual processes through automation.
  • Easily scale the organization's dynamic IT infrastructure.
  • Accelerate application time to value.
  • Rapidly adapt and implement needed innovation through DevOps practices.
  • Distribute automation throughout your organization with the use of reusable code.
  • Create easily scalable automation for larger enterprise environments with the new, containerized architecture.
  • Deploy efficient and reliable management of your Ansible automation infrastructure to streamline IT automation of systems in your enterprise, increasing your cost savings and operational efficiency.

Impact on the individual

You will be able to apply automation first principles to solve real-world Linux system and services problems through the effective creation of Ansible playbooks and application of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. You will gain the skills to automate your workflows, build the foundation for DevOps practices, and learn how to leverage Ansible Automation Platform for developmental efficiencies. You will learn to develop automation in a way that scales to large teams and complex enterprises. You will gain the skills to effectively manage and optimize playbooks, create and share execution environments and collections, as well as learn how to use the automation content navigator for managing the automation lifecycle. You will learn how to install and manage automation controller and private automation hub of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 in order to deploy and operate Ansible automation services for your organization that you can extend to a larger scale.

Who Should Attend

This course is geared toward Linux system administrators, DevOps engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, infrastructure automation engineers, and developers who are responsible for repeatable tasks such as:

  • 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
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Prerequisites

  • Become a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), or demonstrate equivalent experience

Learning Journey

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Module 1: Introducing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

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

Module 2: Implementing an Ansible playbook

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

Module 3: Managing variables and facts

Write playbooks that use variables to simplify management of the playbook and facts to reference information about managed hosts.

Module 4: Implementing task control

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

Module 5: Deploying files to managed hosts

Deploy, manage, and adjust files on hosts managed by Ansible Automation Platform.

Module 6: Managing complex plays and playbooks

Write playbooks for larger, more complex plays and playbooks.

Module 7: Simplifying playbooks with roles

Use Ansible Automation Platform roles to develop playbooks more quickly and to reuse Ansible Automation Platform code.

Module 8: Troubleshooting Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Troubleshoot playbooks and managed hosts.

Module 9: Automating Linux administration tasks

Automate common Linux system administration tasks with Ansible Automation Platform.

Module 10: Develop Playbooks with Ansible Automation Platform 2

Develop Ansible Playbooks with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 following recommended practices.

Module 11: Manage Content Collections and Execution Environments

Run playbooks that use Ansible Content Collections not included in Ansible Core, either from an existing execution environment or by downloading them from automation hub.

Module 12: Run Playbooks with Automation Controller

Explain what automation controller is and use it to run playbooks that you developed with automation content navigator.

Module 13: Work with Ansible Configuration Settings

Examine and adjust the configuration of Ansible and automation content navigator to simplify development and to troubleshoot issues.

Module 14: Manage Inventories

Manage inventories by using advanced features of Ansible.

Module 15: Manage Task Execution

Control and optimize the execution of tasks by Ansible Playbooks.

Module 16: Transform Data with Filters and Plugins

Populate, manipulate, and manage data in variables using filters and plug-ins.

Module 17: Coordinate Rolling Updates

Use advanced features of Ansible to manage rolling updates in order to minimize downtime and to ensure maintainability and simplicity of Ansible Playbooks.

Module 18: Create Content Collections and Execution Environments

Write your own Ansible Content Collections, publish them, embed them in a custom automation execution environment, and run them in playbooks by using automation controller.

Module 19: Installing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Explain what Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is and perform a basic installation of automation controller and automation hub.

Module 20: Managing User Access

Create user accounts and organize them into teams/groups in automation controller and automation hub and assign them permissions to administer and access resources in each service.

Module 21: Managing Inventories and Machine Credentials

Create inventories of machines to manage and configure credentials necessary for automation controller's execution nodes to log in and run Ansible jobs on those systems.

Module 22: Managing Projects and Launching Ansible Jobs

Create projects and job templates in the web UI, using them to launch Ansible Playbooks that are stored in Git repositories, in order to automate tasks on managed hosts.

Module 23: Advanced Job Configuration

Configure advanced features of automation controller in order to more effectively and efficiently implement jobs.

Module 24: Constructing Job Workflows

Use advanced features of job templates to improve performance, simplify the customization of jobs, launch multiple jobs, schedule automatically recurring jobs, and provide notification of job results.

Module 25: Managing Advanced Inventories

Manage inventories that are generated dynamically from scripts or the automation controller smart inventory feature.

Module 26: Automating Configuration of Ansible Automation Platform

Automate the configuration and deployment of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform services by using Ansible Content Collections, the automation controller API, and Git webhooks.

Module 27: Maintaining Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Perform routine maintenance and administration of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

  • Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam - EX294
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in Developing Automation with Ansible Automation Platform exam - EX374
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in Managing Automation with Ansible Automation Platform exam - EX467
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