Dive Into Ansible - Beginner to Expert in Ansible - DevOps

Learn Ansible DevOps + Automation with a Docker Captain! Latest Ansible (2024 v10.x) + Full Browser Lab Included!

4.58 (6082 reviews)

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What you will learn

Ansible Introduction for Beginners

How to Effectively use Ansible Configuration Files

Creating and Using Ansible Inventories

Gathering useful information with Ansible Facts for Automation

Understanding and using Ansible Modules

How to use and Create Ansible Playbooks

Effectively structuring Ansible playbooks with Includes, Roles and Tags

How to use Ansible with cloud services and containers, AWS, and Docker

Creating and Using Dynamic Inventories

Creating and Using Ansible Plugins

Creating and Using Ansible Modules

Using Ansible Variables and Magic Variables

Securing Information with Ansible Vault

Advanced Topics - BuiltIn Modules, Parallel Looping, Conditionals, Task Delegation

Troubleshooting with Ansible

Using Ansible for validation and testing (and best practices)

Automation templating with Jinja2

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Our Verdict

Dive Into Ansible offers a deep and enriching learning experience with both basic and advanced topics. While it has room for improvement regarding beginner friendliness and consistency with resources, the course's value-adds stem from real-world examples, maintained materials, and expert guidance in using Ansible with DevOps tools like AWS, Docker, and more.

What We Liked

Comprehensive approach covering Ansible basics, configuration files, inventories, facts, modules, playbooks, and structuring them
Instructor's maintaining course materials over several years with evolving technologies like Ansible, AWS, Docker, etc.
Well-explained examples for learning advanced concepts and techniques like dynamic inventories, plugins, variables, vault, and troubleshooting
Hands-on lab with real-world examples, Docker Captain instructor, and mindblowing lab environment

Potential Drawbacks

Uneven beginner friendliness—some sections had steep learning curves without prerequisite explanations
Missing links causing confusion; extra effort required for external resources research
Some course materials require manual intervention, such as opening specific ports or installing additional tools