Learn Ansible

Core concepts, architecture, and fundamental patterns

Static and dynamic inventory management

Automation workflows and advanced patterns

Built-in and custom module usage

Reusable automation units and Galaxy

Package and distribute Ansible content

Share and discover roles and collections

Cloud-based and scripted inventory

Write your own modules in Python

Advanced templating and filters

Variable precedence, scoping, and facts

Control flow and iteration patterns

Event-driven automation and notifications

Lookup, filter, and callback plugins

Control playbook execution scope

Task delegation and run_once patterns

Long-running tasks and parallelism

File operations and Jinja2 patterns

Enterprise Linux automation and system roles

WinRM and Active Directory automation

Cisco, Juniper, and Arista automation

AWS, Azure, and GCP automation

K8s deployment and management

Container orchestration with Ansible

Molecule, ansible-test, and debugging

Blocks, rescue, and error management

Optimization and profiling techniques

GitHub Actions, GitLab, and Jenkins

Patterns, structure, and conventions

Code quality and testing frameworks

MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB automation

Apache, Nginx, and HAProxy setup

Command-line utilities and usage

ansible-builder and ansible-navigator

ansible.cfg and environment variables

Callback plugins and log management

Common issues and debugging techniques

Secrets management and encryption

Hardening, CIS, STIG, and best practices

Enterprise automation platform

Custom plugins and advanced patterns