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The Ansible Workshop

Hands-On Learning For Rapid Mastery

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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|Sep 2024
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Description

"The Ansible Workshop" is a comprehensive guide to mastering Ansible, from basic concepts to advanced techniques for your IT infrastructure. With hands-on exercises, this book helps you streamline your DevOps practices.

Key Features

  • Comprehensive coverage of Ansible from basics to advanced techniques.
  • In-depth strategies for optimizing performance and managing sensitive data efficiently.
  • Insights into automating modern infrastructures like Docker and Kubernetes.

Book Description

"The Ansible Workshop" offers a comprehensive journey through the world of Ansible, guiding readers from foundational concepts to advanced applications in automation. Readers delve into creating and managing inventories, an essential aspect of organizing systems for automation.

As the journey progresses, the book covers the creation and use of playbooks, providing step-by-step instructions and practical examples. Readers learn how to gather and utilize Ansible facts, debug issues effectively, and manage sensitive data with Ansible Vault. The exploration of Ansible blocks, modules, plugins, and filters further enhances the reader's ability to customize and extend Ansible's functionality.

The book then introduces the concept of Ansible roles, enabling readers to structure and reuse their automation tasks efficiently. Performance optimization techniques are also discussed, ensuring that automation workflows are both fast and reliable. The practical applications of Ansible are showcased through chapters on managing Docker and Docker Compose, as well as automating Kubernetes, highlighting Ansible's versatility in modern IT environments. To provide a quick reference and reinforce learning, an Ansible cheat sheet is included, summarizing key commands and concepts.

What you will learn

  • Understand the fundamentals of Ansible and its architecture.
  • Create and execute Playbooks for automation.
  • Enhance automation with Modules, Plugins, and Filters.
  • Implement Ansible Roles for scalable automation.
  • Automate Docker and Docker Compose management.
  • Integrate Ansible with Kubernetes for container orchestration.

Who this book is for

"The Ansible Workshop" is ideal for IT professionals, DevOps engineers, system administrators, and anyone involved in managing and automating IT infrastructure. Whether you are a beginner looking to understand the basics of Ansible or an experienced professional seeking to enhance your automation skills, this book provides valuable insights and practical knowledge. Prior experience with Linux command line and basic scripting is beneficial, as the book delves into both foundational concepts and advanced techniques.

Table of Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Overview of Ansible
  3. Introduction to Ansible
  4. Ansible Inventory
  5. Creating and Using Playbooks
  6. Ansible Facts
  7. Debugging Ansible
  8. Ansible Vault and Sensitive Data Management
  9. Ansible Blocks
  10. Ansible Modules, Plugins, and Filters
  11. Ansible Roles
  12. Making Ansible Faster
  13. Managing Docker and Docker Compose with Ansible
  14. Automating Kubernetes with Ansible
  15. Ansible Cheat Sheet
  16. Afterword
PDF ISBN: 978-1-83620-502-9
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Copyright owner: © 2024 Packt Publishing Limited
Publication date: 2024
Language: English
Pages: 210
Related subjects:
Engineering,
Electrical engineering,
Robotics
BISAC subjects:
TEC037000,
TEC008000,
COM000000
Thema subjects:
TJFM1,
TJF,
UB

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