Ansible Terraform Configuration Management Training in Cork, Ireland

This training introduces participants to infrastructure as code (IaC) using two powerful tools: Ansible and Terraform. The course focuses on automating configuration, provisioning, and deployment of infrastructure across cloud and on-premise environments. Participants will gain practical skills to write declarative infrastructure code, manage configurations at scale, and integrate workflows using modern DevOps practices.

INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE AND INTRODUCTION TO ANSIBLE

  Introduction to Infrastructure as Code and configuration management

  Ansible architecture: control node, managed nodes, inventory

  Writing and running Ansible ad-hoc commands and playbooks

  Using variables, facts, and conditionals

  Creating reusable roles and templates

  Managing multiple environments using dynamic inventories

INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISIONING WITH TERRAFORM

  Introduction to Terraform: declarative vs imperative tools

  Terraform architecture: providers, resources, modules, state

  Writing Terraform configuration files (.tf)

  Provisioning infrastructure on a public cloud

  Using variables, outputs, and modules

  Managing infrastructure lifecycle: plan, apply, destroy

  Remote state and state locking

INTEGRATING TERRAFORM AND ANSIBLE FOR COMPLETE AUTOMATION

  Workflow: Provision with Terraform, configure with Ansible

  Using Terraform provisioners to trigger Ansible after resource creation

  Dynamic inventory with Terraform output for Ansible

  Secrets management basics (Vault, environment variables)

  Debugging and troubleshooting Terraform and Ansible executions

  Writing reusable, team-friendly infrastructure code (git, branching, commenting)

Hands-on Exercises