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Ansible Automation: From Fundamentals to Enterprise Specialization
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Ansible Automation: From Fundamentals to Enterprise Specialization

Enterprise-Ready Automation Using Ansible Platform. Learn to automate workflows, scale operations, and build enterprise-ready solutions using Ansible

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Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Automate IT workflows by writing and managing playbooks, roles, and inventories for reliable, repeatable automation.

  • Apply automation to real-world use cases like security hardening, compliance checks, and CI/CD pipeline integration.

  • Design enterprise-ready automation strategies that improve efficiency, ensure consistency, and reduce operational errors.

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Specialization - 3 course series

What you'll learn

  • Define core concepts, terminology, and components of the Ansible Automation Platform.

  • Explain the importance of IT automation and how Ansible fits into modern infrastructure.

  • Compare manual versus automated workflows to understand performance improvements.

  • Demonstrate basic Ansible operations, including writing and running simple playbooks.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Automation
Category: Ansible
Category: IT Automation
Category: YAML
Category: Configuration Management
Category: User Provisioning
Category: DevOps
Category: Cloud Development
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Scalability
Category: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

What you'll learn

  • Write and manage Ansible playbooks with tasks, handlers, and modular scripts.

  • Implement variables, templates, conditionals, and loops to create dynamic automation.

  • Organize automation using roles and manage environments with inventories.

  • Apply best practices for building scalable, maintainable, and idempotent workflows.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Automation
Category: YAML
Category: Debugging
Category: IT Automation
Category: Ansible
Category: Maintainability
Category: Scalability
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Development Environment
Category: Devops Tools
Category: Scripting
Category: Configuration Management
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

What you'll learn

  • Implement dynamic inventory and advanced variable handling.

  • Integrate Ansible with CI/CD tools for streamlined automation workflows.

  • Automate security compliance and audit tasks using Ansible.

  • Apply Ansible Tower/AAP Controller features for scalable automation governance.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Ansible
Category: Automation
Category: Enterprise Architecture
Category: Patch Management
Category: CI/CD
Category: Hardening
Category: Vulnerability Scanning
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Category: Enterprise Security
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Devops Tools
Category: Version Control
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Vulnerability Management
Category: DevSecOps
Category: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Category: IT Automation
Category: Scalability

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