Advanced Ansible Automation Training in Cork, Ireland

This training is designed to help professionals leverage Ansible for large-scale IT automation. It covers:

• Advanced Playbooks and Role-Based Automation

• Ansible Tower/AWX for Centralized Automation

• Security, Compliance, and Policy Enforcement

• Managing Complex Infrastructure with Dynamic Inventories

• Custom Modules, Plugins, and API Integrations

Course Agenda

Advanced Ansible Playbooks & Best Practices

• Optimizing Playbook structure for maintainability

• Using Variables, Facts, and Conditionals efficiently

• Loops, Delegation, and Asynchronous Execution

• Handlers, Blocks, and Error Handling

Role-Based Automation & Jinja2 Templating

• Designing Modular & Reusable Ansible Roles

• Managing Role Dependencies & Role Galaxy

Dynamic Inventories & Multi-Tier Environments

• Managing Inventories at Scale

• Using Dynamic Inventories with Cloud Providers

Module 4: Ansible Tower/AWX for Centralized Automation

• Installing and Configuring Ansible Tower/AWX

• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) & Job Templates

• Workflow Automation and Scheduling

• Logging, Auditing, and API Integrations

Module 5: Automating Security & Compliance

• Applying CIS Benchmarks & Security Hardening with Ansible

• Automating Patch Management & System Updates

• Enforcing Compliance Policies at Scale

Module 6: Developing Custom Ansible Modules & Plugins

• Writing Python-based Custom Modules

• Creating Lookup Plugins & Callback Plugins

• API Integrations and External Data Sources

Module 7: Ansible in DevOps & CI/CD Pipelines

• Integrating Ansible with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI/CD

• Automating Containerized Deployments with Docker & Kubernetes

Module 8: Troubleshooting & Performance Optimization

• Debugging Common Ansible Issues

• Performance Tuning for Large-Scale Automation

• Logging, Monitoring, and Best Practices