Unlock the power of automation with Ansible and Ansible Playbooks in this comprehensive course designed to elevate your IT infrastructure management skills. Through step-by-step guidance, you will master Ansible's agentless architecture, efficient task execution, and powerful automation capabilities to streamline your workflows. Your journey begins with an introduction to Ansible, its core components, and environment setup, including configuring nodes and controllers. Progressively, you鈥檒l dive into ad-hoc commands, modules for file management, and package installations across diverse OS families. Advanced sections cover playbook creation, debugging, and dynamic inventory handling, providing you with practical skills to automate real-world IT tasks. You'll explore sophisticated playbook concepts, such as variables, loops, conditional statements, and templates, to create reusable, adaptable automation scripts. Additionally, delve into error handling, privilege escalation, and integrating third-party plugins for enhanced functionality. A dedicated section on security teaches you how to use Ansible Vault to encrypt sensitive information securely. Ideal for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and IT professionals, this course equips you with the tools and knowledge to implement efficient automation practices. No prior experience with Ansible is required, but basic Linux command-line skills are recommended.
Usage of become, become_user, and become_method
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Skills You'll Learn
Command-Line Interface, File Management, Amazon Web Services, Software Installation, Linux Commands, Ansible, Configuration Management, Scripting, Automation, Security Controls, Encryption, Unix Commands, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Package and Software Management, Debugging, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, IT Automation, Devops Tools, YAML
From the lesson
Usage of become and become_user
In this module, we will learn about privilege escalation in Ansible. You will understand how to execute tasks as different users or with elevated privileges safely and efficiently.
Taught By
Packt - Course Instructors