by Prateek Jain | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release Date: August 2018 | ISBN: 9781786468789

A fast-paced guide to understanding the core features in Ansible 2. Learn playbooks, roles, variables, modules, and plugins.About This VideoWork with Ansible and its diverse applications to automate your delivery processesWork on Ansible framework and deploy to Amazon Web ServicesA hands-on approach to the advanced usage of Ansible for high-end automation, key to competition in today's market and company requirementsIn DetailWith developing technologies at market pace, automation is always essential. It can be quite a task for a DevOps Engineer to manage large infrastructures. You always need a reliable solution which takes security as a top concern and has a maintainable and well-optimized infrastructure.Ansible is an open source automation platform that assists organizations with tasks such as configuration management, application deployment, orchestration, and task automation. With Ansible, even complex tasks can be handled more easily than before. This course teaches you the key new features in Ansible 2 and give an introduction to how to create Ansible playbooks and modules. You will also learn modular configuration using roles to simplify your tasks even more. You will learn to overcome security, automation, and deployment concerns by implementing Ansible playbooks.

1. Chapter 1 : Ansible Installation and Environment Setup
   • The Course Overview 00:05:17
   • Installation and Environment Setup 00:04:31
   • Understanding the Prerequisites 00:05:20
2. Chapter 2 : Getting Started with Ansible Playbooks
   • Setting Up an Nginx Web Server 00:05:11
   • Understanding Ansible Playbook 00:06:50
   • Installing Packages on Multiple Hosts Simultaneously 00:05:19
3. Chapter 3 : Ansible Advanced Modules
   • Ansible Modules 00:10:59
   • Understanding Functionality of Individual Modules 00:04:09
   • Understanding Functionality of Individual Modules (Continued) 00:04:06
4. Chapter 4 : Infrastructure Automation Using Ansible
   • Introduction to Amazon Web Services 00:12:48
   • Introduction to Amazon Web Services (Continued) 00:06:00
   • Ansible Playbooks for Infrastructure Automation 00:13:39
5. Chapter 5 : Modular Configuration with Roles
   • Roles Overview 00:02:37
   • Converting to Roles – Tasks and Handlers 00:04:02
   • Converting to Roles – Files and Templates 00:04:20
   • Converting to Roles – Include Roles 00:07:35
6. Chapter 6 : Dive into More Features of Ansible
   • Integrating Ansible Playbooks for Security Audits 00:06:59
   • Integrating Ansible Playbooks for Security Audits (Continued) 00:06:12
   • Using Custom Scripts with Ansible Playbooks 00:05:48