Ansible Virtual Classroom Live April 27, 2026

Course Overview

1. ANSIBLE OVERVIEW
   1. Why Ansible?
   2. Overview of Architecture
   3. QUIZ: Architecture
   4. Inventory
   5. Inventory Patterns
   6. Inventory Plugins
   7. QUIZ: Inventory and Patterns
   8. DEMO [Required]: Introducing Ansible
2. DEPLOYING ANSIBLE
   1. Installing
   2. DEMO: Installing Ansible
   3. Configuration Files
   4. DEMO: Configuration Files
   5. Module Syntax Help
   6. Running Ad-Hoc Commands
   7. DEMO [Required]: Ad-Hoc Commands
   8. Dynamic Inventory
   9. DEMO [Required]: Dynamic Inventory
   LAB TASKS
   1. Deploying Ansible
   2. Ad-Hoc Commands
   3. Dynamic Inventories
3. PLAYBOOKS BASICS
   1. Writing YAML Files
   2. Playbook Structure
   3. Host and Task Execution Order
   4. Command Modules
   5. Significant Module Categories
   6. File Manipulation
   7. Network Modules
   8. Packaging Modules
   9. System Storage
   10. Account Management
   11. Security
   12. Services
   13. DEMO: Playbooks
   LAB TASKS
   1. Playbook Basics
   2. Playbooks: Command Modules
   3. Playbooks: Common Modules
4. VARIABLES AND INCLUSIONS
   1. Variables
   2. Variables - Playbooks
   3. Variables - Inventory
   4. Variables - Registered
   5. Variables - Magic
   6. Facts
   7. DEMO: Facts
   8. Inclusions
   LAB TASKS
   1. Variables and Facts
   2. Inclusions
5. JINJA2 TEMPLATES
   1. Jinja2
   2. The template Module
   3. Expressions
   4. QUIZ: Jinja2 Templates
   5. Filters
   6. Methods
   7. Tests
   8. Lookups
   9. Control Structures
   10. DEMO: Jinja2 Templates
   LAB TASKS
   1. Jinja2 Templates Basics
   2. Jinja2 Templates
   3. Jinja2 Templates
6. TASK CONTROL
   1. Loops
   2. Loops (cont.)
   3. Loops and Variables
   4. DEMO: Constructing Flow Control
   5. Conditionals
   6. DEMO: Conditionals
   7. Handlers
   8. Tags
   9. Handling Errors
   LAB TASKS
   1. Task Control
7. ROLES
   1. Roles
   2. Role Usage Details
   3. Creating Roles
   4. QUIZ: Role Structure
   5. Deploying Roles with Ansible Galaxy
   6. DEMO: Deploying Roles with Ansible Galaxy
   LAB TASKS
   1. Converting Playbooks to Roles
   2. Creating Roles from Scratch
   3. Ansible Galaxy Roles
8. OPTIMIZING ANSIBLE
   1. Connection Types
   2. Delegation
   3. Parallelism
   4. Callback Plugins
   LAB TASKS
   1. Optimizing Ansible
9. ANSIBLE VAULT
   1. Configuring Ansible Vault
   2. Vault IDs
   3. Executing with Ansible Vault
   4. DEMO: Configuring Ansible Vault
   LAB TASKS
   1. Ansible Vault

1. NETWORK AUTOMATION
   1. Network Automation
   2. Simple Network Module Examples
   3. Network Modules: Gotchas
   4. Simple IOS Modules Examples
   5. General Purpose ios Modules

Prerequisites

Experience with Linux shell, text editing, and basic systems administration needed.