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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Ansible Tower

  • Core features and the architecture of Ansible Tower
  • Use cases and its positioning within enterprise environments
  • The relationship between Ansible Tower, Ansible Engine, and Automation Controller

Installation and Configuration

  • Preparing infrastructure for Tower installation
  • Installing and verifying the Tower setup
  • Walkthrough of initial setup and configuration steps

User and Team Management

  • Creating users, teams, and organizations
  • Implementing role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Managing credentials and integrating with vault services

Inventory and Project Management

  • Creating and managing inventories
  • Utilizing inventory sources and dynamic inventories
  • Managing playbooks as projects through Git

Job Templates and Workflow Automation

  • Developing job templates
  • Chaining jobs to create workflows
  • Using surveys, extra variables, and approval mechanisms

Monitoring and Logging

  • Tracking job status and output
  • Setting up notifications and alerting
  • System logging and analytics capabilities

Scaling, Security, and Maintenance

  • Implementing high availability and clustering
  • Strategies for backup, restore, and upgrades
  • Security considerations and industry best practices

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of core Ansible concepts and YAML syntax
  • Experience in developing and executing Ansible playbooks
  • Familiarity with fundamental Linux system administration

Audience

  • IT automation managers
  • DevOps engineers
  • System administrators tasked with deploying Ansible Tower at scale

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