Developing Advanced Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

• Apply recommended practices for effective and efficient automation with Ansible.
• Perform automation operations as rolling updates.
• Use advanced features of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to work with data, including filters and plugins.
• Create automation execution environments to contain and scale Red Hat Ansible Automation.
• Leverage capabilities of the automation content navigator to develop Ansible Playbooks.

Target Audience

This course is designed for users who create automation content, including these roles:

• Developers
• DevOps engineers
• Linux system administrators
• Other IT professionals with basic expertise using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to automate, provision, configure, and deploy applications and services in a Linux environment

Recommended training

• Take our free assessment to gauge whether this offering is the best fit for your skills.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible (RH294)
• Be a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE®) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, or demonstrate equivalent Ansible experience

Technology considerations

• No BYOD/BYDW or internet required. (Implementation of SSH access for VT/ROLE will require internet for that purpose.)

Outline

Course Outline

Develop Playbooks with Ansible Automation Platform 2

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

Manage Content Collections and Execution Environments

Run playbooks that use content collections not included in ansible-core, either from an existing execution environment or by downloading them from the automation hub.

Run Playbooks with Automation Controller

Use the automation controller to run playbooks that you developed with automation content navigator.

Work with Ansible Configuration Settings

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

Manage Inventories

Manage inventories by using advanced features of Ansible.

Manage Task Execution

Control and optimize the execution of tasks by Ansible Playbooks.

Transform Data with Filters and Plugins

Populate, manipulate, and manage data in variables using filters and plugins.

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.

Create Content Collections and Execution Environments

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

Outcomes