DO374 - Ansible Automation: Advanced Development Training Course

Advanced Ansible Playbook Development

• Utilizing variables, loops, conditionals, and handlers
• Implementing blocks, error handling, and tags
• Designing the structure of complex playbooks

Jinja2 and Templating Techniques

• Applying advanced filters and lookups
• Generating dynamic templates
• Adopting templating best practices

Custom Modules and Plugins

• Developing custom modules in Python
• Leveraging filters, callbacks, and connection plugins
• Strategies for debugging and logging

Collections and Roles

• Structuring content using roles
• Packaging and distributing Ansible Collections
• Managing versioning and dependencies

API Integration and External Services

• Invoking REST APIs via the URI module
• Interacting with cloud providers and external tools
• Integrating secrets management

Testing and Validation

• Employing ansible-lint, Molecule, and CI/CD pipelines
• Guaranteeing idempotency and reproducibility
• Performing static and dynamic analysis of Ansible code

Content Lifecycle and Version Control

• Code management using Git and GitOps
• Tracking changes and maintaining documentation
• Establishing CI/CD workflows for Ansible content

Summary and Next Steps