Top 8 Recommended Ansible Self-Study Materials! [November 2024]

"Course is simple and awesome. I have always wanted to learn Ansible. I have been through several courses, and this is the best." - Student Testimonial.

What's in this course?

This course introduces a beginner in DevOps to basic fundamentals of Ansible with easy-to-do hands-on exercises that you can practice right in the browser. The course introduces basic use cases of Ansible, followed by an introduction to Ansible Inventory, Playbooks, Modules, Variables, Conditionals, Loops, Handlers, Collections, Templates, and Roles. Each lecture is accompanied by a set of coding exercises, giving the user a hands-on experience in developing Ansible Playbooks.

What is so special about THIS course?

Lectures backed by animated slides make it simple and easy to understand. This is the only course that provides Coding Exercises where you can practice Ansible Playbooks right in your browser.

"One of the best courses I've taken. The contents and the explanation are wonderful" - Student Testimonial.

"I liked the hands-on with task completion. Would recommend it to anyone looking for a getting started guide with hands-on experience" - Student Testimonial.

What is Ansible?

Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy. Avoid writing scripts or custom code to deploy and update your applications— automate in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems.

What Are the Benefits of Learning Ansible Basics?

• It is a free and open-source community project with a huge audience.

• Battle-tested over many years as the preferred tool of IT wizards.

• Easy to start and use from day one, without the need for any special coding skills.

• Simple deployment workflow without any extra agents.

• Includes some sophisticated features around modularity and reusability that come in handy as users become more proficient.

• Extensive and comprehensive official documentation that is complemented by a plethora of online material produced by its community.

Important Update: Major Additions to Our Ansible for Absolute Beginners Course!

We're thrilled to bring you some major updates to our "Ansible for the Absolute Beginners" course on Udemy.

Our commitment to keeping courses updated ensures you're always in sync with industry trends.

What's New?

Here's a quick rundown of the new videos and topics we've added to enrich your learning experience:

• Inventory Format

• Grouping and Parent-Child Relationships

• Variable Types: Know the different types and use cases.

• Registering Variables and Variable Precedence

• Variable Scoping

• Magic Variables

• Ansible Facts

• Verifying Playbooks

• Ansible-lint

• Ansible Conditionals

• Ansible Plugins

• Modules & Plugins Index

• Ansible Handlers

• Ansible Collections

• Jinja2 Templates

Why You Should Check It Out

Our enhanced course now offers a more comprehensive view of Ansible, allowing you to tackle real-world challenges confidently. From variable types to inventory management and plugins, you’ll be armed with skills that are in high demand.

We're committed to ensuring your learning journey keeps pace with the fast-evolving DevOps landscape.

1. Introduction
2. Introduction
3. Introduction to Ansible
4. A Quick Reminder
5. Join our Community Channel for support and interaction
6. Download Presentation
7. Configuration and Basic Concepts
8. Introduction to Ansible Configuration Files
9. Introduction to YAML
10. Accessing the Labs
11. Course setup - accessing the labs
12. Coding Exercise - YAML
13. Ansible Inventory
14. Ansible Inventory
15. Coding Exercise - Ansible Inventory
16. Inventory Formats
17. Grouping and Parent-Child Relationships
18. Ansible Variables
19. Ansible Variables
20. Variable Types
21. Registering Variables and Variable Precedence
22. Variable Scoping
23. Magic Variables
24. Ansible Facts
25. Coding Exercise: Ansible Variables and Facts
26. Ansible Playbooks
27. Ansible Playbooks
28. Verifying Playbooks
29. Ansible-lint
30. Coding Exercise: Ansible Playbooks
31. Conditionals
32. Ansible Conditionals based on facts, variables, re-use
33. Coding Exercise: Ansible Conditionals
34. Loops
35. Coding Exercise: Ansible Loops
36. Ansible Modules
37. Ansible Modules
38. Introduction to Ansible Plugins
39. Modules & Plugins Index
40. Coding Exercise - Ansible Modules
41. If you like it, share it!
42. Ansible Handlers, Roles and Collections
43. Introduction to Handlers
44. Ansible Roles
45. Ansible Collections
46. Coding Exercise: Ansible Handlers, Roles and Collections
47. Advanced Topics
48. Introduction to Templating
49. Jinja2 Templates for Dynamic Configs - Demo
50. Coding Exercise: Ansible Templates
51. Lab - Revisiting Ansible
52. Appendix
53. Demo - Part 1 - Setup Lab - Install VirtualBox
54. Demo - Part 2 - Setup Lab - Clone VMs and Install Ansible
55. Labs - FAQ
56. Student Preferences
57. Course Completion Certificate
58. Promotional Video on "Advanced Ansible Course"

Welcome to this Amazing course on Terraform with Ansible: Infra Deployment and Automation. Below is the list of modules covered in this course.

With tremendous popularity and adoption of Terraform by the Industry, the HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate has become one of the most popular certifications in today's market.

This course is specifically designed for individuals who are new to Terraform and are planning to implement Terraform in their organization and want to get an in-depth view of various topics and best practices, along with gaining the official Terraform certification.

Ansible is a simple IT automation engine, that automates cloud provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, intra-service orchestration, and many other IT needs. Designed for multi-tier deployments since day one, Ansible models your IT infrastructure by describing how all your systems interrelate, rather than managing one system at a time.

This course is a comprehensive, hands-on course with the discovery of orchestration, DevOps, and automation using Ansible.

Explore Ansible with cloud services and its AWS provisioning. Understand infrastructure automation and decide what makes Ansible a good choice for your projects. Get started with Ansible through playbooks and organize the automation of infrastructure tasks by building and using roles from Ansible Galaxy. Explore variables and templates to configure application deployments easily.

1. Course Introduction
2. Course Introduction
3. Understanding Infrastructure As Code
4. IAC and IAC Benefits
5. Cloud Agnostic IAC with Terraform
6. Understanding Infrastructure As Code
7. Course Chat with Students and Tech Community
8. Procedure Document and Resource Location
9. IaC with Terraform
10. Terraform Workflow
11. Terraform Initialization
12. Terraform key Concepts : Plan, apply & Destroy
13. SetUp Free-Tier AWS Account (Optional)
14. Create Cloud Machine for Terraform Execution
15. $200 Discount Gift on Digital Ocean
16. Terraform Installation & Verification
17. Install Terraform on MacOS / Windows
18. IaC with Terraform
19. Start With Terraform Basics
20. Terraform Provider & Initialization
21. AWS SetUp for Terraform
22. Create Machine Using Terraform
23. Provide Creds in Separate Centralised File
24. Provide Creds in Environment Variables
25. Create Multiple Instances
26. Terraform State : The Concept
27. Terraform Variables Detailed Explanation
28. Variables in Terraform
29. Use of Variable in Conf File
30. Lab : Use of Variable in Conf File
31. Lab : List and Map Variables
32. Terraform Concepts - Building Blocks
33. Provision Software with Terraform
34. Lab : Provision Software with Terraform
35. DataSource in Terraform
36. Lab : DataSource in Terraform
37. Lab 2 : DataSource in Terraform
38. Output Attribute in TF
39. Lab : Output Attribute in TF
40. Remote State in Terraform
41. Lab : Remote State in Terraform
42. Terraform for AWS Cloud
43. AWS VPC Introduction
44. AWS VPC Introduction II
45. Demo : AWS VPC & Security Group
46. Lab : Create AWS VPC & NAT Gateway
47. Launch EC2 Instance using Custom VPC
48. Lab : Launch EC2 Instance using Custom VPC
49. We Need You!!!
50. Elastic Block Store (EBS) in AWS
51. Demo : Elastic Block Store (EBS) in AWS
52. Lab : Elastic Block Store (EBS) in AWS
53. User Data in AWS
54. Lab: User Data using Script
55. Lab : User Data using Cloud Init
56. Terraform for AWS Cloud Part II
57. AWS RDS Basics
58. Lab : Create RDS
59. AWS Access and Identity Management
60. Lab : IAM Users and Groups
61. Lab : AWS IAM Roles
62. EC2 Instance Autoscaling
63. Lab : EC2 Instance Autoscaling
64. Your Reviews are Important!
65. Load Balancing in AWS
66. Lab : AWS Load Balancing
67. Terraform Modules | Code Re-Useability
68. Terraform Module and Application
69. Lab : Terraform Source From GITHUB
70. Lab : Local Path Module
71. Lab : AWS VPC Module Part I
72. Lab : AWS VPC Module Part II
73. Lab : AWS VPC Module Part III
74. Conditions , Loops in Terraform
75. Condition Statements in Terraform
76. Lab : Condition Statements in Terraform
77. Terraform Built-In Functions
78. Lab : Terraform Built-In Functions
79. Loops in TerraFrom HCL
80. Terraform Project Structure
81. Lab : Terraform Project Structure
82. Packer and Terraform
83. Packer Introduction and It's Use
84. Install Packer
85. Lab : Create Custom AMI Scenario I
86. Lab : Create Custom AMI Scenario II
87. Lab : Terraform + Packer
88. Job Scenario 1 : End to End Web-Application Deployment
89. Application Overview
90. Create VPC Network
91. Create RDS Service
92. Create WebServer in AWS
93. Deploy Complete Application
94. Job Scenario 2 : Terraform Docker and Kubernetes (EKS)
95. AWS EKS Introduction
96. Lab : SetUp EKS Cluster Using AWS
97. Lab : SetUp EKS Using AWS CLI
98. Lab : Access EKS Cluster and Deploy Application
99. Text Direction : SetUp EKS using AWS CLI
100. EKS Cluster TerraForm Configuration files
101. Lab : Deploy EKS Cluster using Terraform
102. Job Scenario 3 : Terraform & AWS ELK
103. ELK Basics and Application
104. Lab : Deploy ELK and Execute ELK
105. Text Direction : Lab - Deploy ELK and Execute ELK
106. Lab : Install ELK using Terraform
107. Terraform GCP : Introduction
108. Terraform vs Google Deployment Manager
109. Setup GCP Project For Terraform
110. Enable Basic APIs on Cloud Project
111. Setup Remote State File in Cloud
112. Terraform Hashicorp Certification Guide
113. Introduction HashiCorp Certification
114. Understand Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Concepts
115. Understand Terraform's Purpose
116. Understand Terraform Basics I
117. Understand Terraform Basics II
118. Use the Terraform CLI
119. Interact with Terraform modules
120. Navigate Terraform workflow
121. Implement and Maintain State
122. Read, Generate, and Modify Configuration
123. Understand Terraform Cloud and Enterprise Capabilities
124. Ansible Introduction
125. Ansible Introduction : As a Tool
126. Ansible : Used Code Files Location
127. Ansible Architecture Overview
128. Why Ansible
129. Ansible Environment Preparation & Installation
130. Ansible Installation Overview
131. Install Ansible Using PIP
132. Create Cloud Machine for Ansible Engine
133. Install Ansible Using Python VirtualEnv
134. Run Instructions : Install Ansible Using Python VirtualEnv
135. Configure Ansible
136. Configure Ansible Engine and Ansible Clients
137. SetUp AWS Nodes
138. Connect AWS Nodes with Ansible Engine
139. SetUp Google Cloud Nodes
140. Connect Google Cloud Nodes with Ansible Engine
141. Ansible Directory Config
142. Inventory file with Groups
143. SetUp Nodes on Digital Ocean
144. How to disable host key Checking ?
145. Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands
146. Syntax of Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands
147. How Ansible Execute Stuff on Clients
148. Transfer file from Engine to Clients
149. Manage File/Directory on Ansible Clients
150. Install Packages on Ansible Clients
151. Ansible Facts, Modules & Variables
152. Ansible Modules
153. Ansible Facts
154. Create Custom Facts
155. Ansible Inventories
156. Work with Dynamic Inventory Script AWS I
157. Work with Dynamic Inventory Script AWS II
158. Work with Dynamic Inventory Script Google Cloud
159. Work with Dynamic Inventory | Digital Ocean
160. Basic of Ansible Playbook
161. Playbook Introduction
162. Demo: Playbook Introduction
163. Start Writing-Executing PlayBooks
164. Basic Concepts of Ansible PlayBooks
165. Logging Debug Statement using Ansible Playbooks
166. Variables in Ansible Play-books
167. Data Collection in Ansible
168. Uses of Set_Fact and Register
169. Arithmetic Operations on Variables in Playbook
170. Practice on Arithmetic Operators
171. Filter and Methods of Ansible Playbook
172. Ansible Tips and Tricks : Practical Demos
173. Ansible Pause Module - Pause Execution
174. Passing Variable to Ansible Playbook via Command Line
175. Ansible Terminology : ansible_hostname and inventory_hostname
176. Set Environment Per Task or Play
177. Execute Tasks on Ansible Hosts
178. Ansible Command vs Shell Module
179. Using Date, Time and Timestamp in Ansible
180. Ansible Playbook Dry Run - Check & Diff Mode
181. Operators and Conditional Statement in Ansible Playbook
182. Comparison Operators
183. Membership Operators in Ansible
184. Logical Operator
185. Conditional Statements
186. Handlers in Ansible
187. Handler in Ansible Playbook
188. Secure Your Infra : Ansible Vault
189. Ansible terminology - What is an Ansible Vault?
190. Demo: Ansible Vault Encryption Decryption
191. Demo : Use Ansible Vault in Ansible Playbooks I
192. Demo : Use Ansible Vault in Ansible Playbooks II
193. Loops in Ansible Playbook
194. Loops in Ansible Playbook I
195. Loops in Ansible Playbook II
196. Loops in Ansible Playbook III
197. Tags in Ansible
198. Tags in Ansible
199. Ansible Playbooks For Linux : Practical Labs
200. Work with FIles : Ansible lineinfile Module

If you know various DevOps tools like git, Jenkins, Maven, Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes and are not sure how collaboratively does it work? Or would you like to set up a complete ci/cd pipeline using various DevOps tools? or are you someone who wishes to know what the logical workflow of a DevOps project is? Then this course is for you. Welcome to the Simple DevOps Project. My name is AR Shankar, and I will be the instructor for this course.

In this course, I have created a complete CI/CD pipeline to run a java application. In this learning journey, you have introduced tools like Github, Jenkins, maven, docker, ansible, and Kubernetes and learned how to integrate these tools to run a project in the real world. I am very much confident that you can able to set up a CI/CD pipeline on your own by the end of this program.

I have over 10+ years of DevOps experience and a deep understanding of this domain. So, I will be teaching you in detail with the step-by-step demonstration.

Who is this course for?

• Anyone who wants to build CI/CD pipeline tools on Various DevOps tools

• Anyone who wants to Enhance their skills in the DevOps domain

1. Introduction
2. Introduction
3. What do we cover
4. What is CI and CD
5. Resources to setup DevOps CI/CD pipeline
6. DevOps project source code
7. Quick tips to learn fast
8. Resources
9. CI/CD pipeline using Git, Jenkins and Maven
10. Section introduction
11. Update about new Amazon Linux Version
12. Setup Jenkins server
13. Run 1st Jenkins job
14. Integrate Git with Jenkins
15. Run Jenkins job to pull code from GitHub
16. Integrate Maven with Jenkins
17. Build a java project using Jenkins
18. Build is failing
19. Integrating Tomcat server in CI/CD pipeline
20. Section Introduction
21. Setup a Tomcat server
22. Integrate Tomcat with Jenkins
23. Deploy artifacts on a Tomcat server
24. Automate build and deploy using Poll SCM
25. Integrating Docker in CI/CD Pipeline
26. Setup Docker environment
27. Create a Tomcat container
28. Fixing Tomcat container issue
29. Create a first Docker file
30. Create a customized Dockerfile for Tomcat
31. Integrate Docker with Jenkins
32. Jenkins job to build and copy artifacts on to dockerhost
33. Update Tomcat dockerfile to automate deployment process
34. Automate build and deployment on Docker container
35. Jenkins job to automate CI/CD to deploy application on docker container
36. Integrating Ansible in CI/CD pipeline
37. Section Introduction - Why do we need ansible
38. Ansible installation
39. Integrate Docker with Ansible
40. Integrate Ansible with Jenkins
41. Build an image and create container on Ansible
42. Ansible playbook to create image and container
43. Copy image on to dockerhub
44. Jenkins job to build an image onto ansible
45. How to create container on dockerhost using ansible playbook - DevOps Project
46. Continuous deployment of docker container using ansible playbook
47. Jenkins CI/CD to deploy on container using Ansible
48. Kubernetes on AWS
49. Section introduction - Why Kubernetes
50. Kubernetes installation methods
51. EKS installation procedure
52. Setup bootstrap server for eksctl
53. Setup Kubernetes using eksctl
54. Run Kubernetes basic commands
55. Create 1st manifest file
56. Create a service manifest file
57. Using labels and selector
58. Integrating Kubernetes in CI/CD pipeline
59. Write a deployment file
60. Use deployment and service files to create and access pod
61. Integrate Kubernetes bootstrap server with Ansible
62. Create ansible playbooks for deploy and service files
63. Create Jenkins deployment job for Kubernetes
64. CI Job to create Image for Kubernetes
65. Enable rolling update to create pod from latest docker image
66. Complete CI and CD job to build and deploy code on Kubernetes
67. Clean up Kubernetes setup
68. Bonus Section
69. Bonus Lecture
70. Resources
71. How to install Gitbash
72. How to create GitHub account
73. How to setup AWS account

Look no further.  You have found one of the BEST Ansible course on this platform.  If you have never touched Ansible before and want to learn from scratch than you have come to the right place.  I will teach you everything you need to know about Ansible in very simple language and terminology. 

In this Ansible DevOps automation course you will learn how to install virtualization layer, Linux operating system, Ansible server and create playbooks to automate tasks.  I have been teaching this exact course in a classroom environment in New York City.  Please note 70% of my students who took this course got the job in Linux/DevOps within months.  Imagine those who take my course only to level  up their career, how productive this training can be for them.

Following is the list of topics covered in this course:

Section 1: Introduction

• Course overview

• What is Ansible?

• History of Ansible

• Benefits

• Terminologies in Ansible

• How Ansible works?

• Other Automation tools

• Free source Ansible and Red Hat Ansible

• Handouts

• Quiz

Section 2: Lab Design and Setup

• Lab design

• Installing virtualization software

• Creating a VM and Installing Linux

• Creating Ansible Clients

• Installing Ansible

• Handouts

• Quiz

Section 3: Ansible Automation with Simple Playbooks

• YAML file syntax

• YAML file syntax example

• Creating first playbook

• Output playbook

• Multiple tasks playbook

• Playbook for installing and starting a service

• Handouts

• Quiz

Section 4: Ansible Automation for Remote Clients

• Remote Clients hosts File Syntax

• Establish Connection to Remote Clients

• Check Remote Clients Connectivity

• Copy Files to Remote Clients

• Change File Permissions

• Setup Apache and Open Firewall Port

• Run Shell Scripts on Remote Clients

• Schedule a job (crontab)

• User Account Management

• Add or Update User Password

• Download Package from a URL

• Kill a Running Process

• Pick and Choose Steps

• Handouts

• Quiz

Section 5: Ansible Automation with Ad-hoc Tasks

• Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands (Part 1)

• Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands (Part 2)

• Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands (Part 3)

• Handouts

• Quiz

Section 6: Advance Ansible Automation Features

• Roles

• Roles by Application

• Roles on Ansible Galaxy

• Tags

• Variables

• Variables in Inventory File

• Handouts

• Quiz

Section 7: Additional Features in Ansible

• Handlers

• Conditions

• Loops

• Handouts

• Quiz

Section 8: Securing Ansible

• Ansible Vault

• Encrypt Strings within a Playbook

• Handouts

• Quiz

Section 9: Ansible Management Tools

• Ansible AWX

• Ansible Tower

• Handouts

• Quiz

Section 10: Ansible Resources

• Ansible Additional Commands

• Ansible Documentation

• Community Help

• Handouts

• Quiz

Here are a few testimonial from my students:

• Main thing about course is its simplicity and the hierarchy. Design is very good and easy which helps to understand things better.  -- Akash Garg (Udemy Student)

  
  

• I just love the teaching ad the learning experience I am getting  -- Jacob Samba (Udemy Student)

  
  

• The course is run very well and I really like the handouts and the homework that is assigned. The homework helps me learn and continue with the learning process even when adult life is still progressing forward.  -- Thomas Rogers (Udemy Student)

  
  

• I genuinely look forward to additional courses in the future. This has been so informative. You hear the name oracle all the time, but this was well put in layman’s terms  -- Atoofa Hasan (Classroom Student)

  
  

• Imran Afzal eats, breathes and sleeps IT! He really knows his stuff. I feel like he has brought me from a novice level education to masters level in a short time period. Anyone who is looking to get a job in IT should definitely take this course.  -- TJ Walker (Udemy Student)

1. Introduction
2. Introduction
3. Course overview
4. What is Ansible?
5. Brief history of Ansible
6. Benefits of Ansible
7. Terminologies in Ansible
8. How Ansible Works?
9. Other Automation Tools
10. Free source Ansible and Red Hat Ansible
11. Handouts
12. Quiz
13. Lab Design and Setup
14. Lab design
15. Installing Virtualization Software
16. Creating a VM and Installing Linux
17. Creating Ansible Clients
18. Installing Ansible
19. Hanouts
20. Quiz
21. Ansible Automation with Simple Playbooks
22. YAML File Syntax
23. YAML File Syntax Example
24. Creating First Playbook
25. Output Playbook
26. Multiple Tasks Playbook
27. Playbook for installing and starting a service
28. Handouts
29. Quiz
30. Ansible Automation for Remote Clients
31. Welcome to Anisble Automation for Remote Clients
32. Remote Clients hosts File Syntax
33. Establish Connection to Remote Clients
34. Playbook - Check Remote Clients Connectivity
35. Playbook - Copy Files to Remote Clients
36. Playbook - Change File Permissions
37. Playbook - Setup Apache and Open Firewall Port
38. Playbook - Run Shell Scripts on Remote Clients
39. Playbook - Schedule a job (crontab)
40. Playbook - User Account Management
41. Playbook - Add or Update User Password
42. Playbook - Download Package from a URL
43. Playbook - Kill a Running Process
44. Pick and Choose Steps
45. Create and Mount New Storage
46. Handouts
47. Quiz
48. Ansible Automation with Ad-hoc Tasks
49. Welcome Ansible Automation with Ad-hoc Tasks
50. Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands (Part 1)
51. Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands (Part 2)
52. Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands (Part 3)
53. Handouts
54. Quiz
55. Advance Ansible Automation Features
56. Roles
57. Roles by Application
58. Roles on Ansible Galaxy
59. Tags
60. Variables
61. Variables in Inventory File
62. Handouts
63. Quiz
64. Additional Features in Ansible
65. Handlers
66. Conditions
67. Loops
68. Handouts
69. Quiz
70. Securing Ansible
71. Ansible Vault
72. Encrypt Strings within a Playbook
73. Handouts
74. Quiz
75. Ansible Management Tools
76. Welcome to Ansible Management Tools
77. Ansible AWX
78. Ansible Tower
79. Handouts
80. Quiz
81. Ansible Resources
82. Ansible Additional Commands
83. Ansible Documentation
84. Community Help
85. Handouts
86. Congratulations
87. Bonus lecture

With our ever-evolving landscape, System Administration has never been more complicated. With some organizations having hundreds (or even thousands) of servers to manage, IT personnel definitely have their work cut out for them! Automation is the answer, and with this course you’ll learn the most powerful automation tool available: Ansible!

With this 20 episode course as your guide, you’ll learn all the core concepts – including writing playbooks, creating roles, refactoring and consolidating plays, encrypting and decrypting files, dealing with mixed environments and more!Best of all, you’ll be learning Ansible from an industry professional with over two decades of experience, which includes working knowledge of Ansible and its best practices.

Getting Started with Ansible: Automation Made Easy is taught by an industry-leader with over two decades of experience. Jay a Linux Expert, Published Author, and Video Producer that has taught millions of students through his company (Learn Linux TV) and now he's bringing that experience to Udemy.

Each lesson is presented with cutting edge editing and video production, with careful attention to detail. Experience educational content that not only looks stunning, but will teach you want you want to learn without putting you to sleep. With simple, straight-forward explanations - even the most challenging concept will seem straight forward.

Check out Learn Linux TV’s Ansible course, and start automating today!

1. Becoming Familiar with Ansible
2. Course Introduction
3. Setting Up Our Environment
4. Running Commands with Ansible
5. Setting Up Version Control
6. Running Commands and Tasks
7. Running Elevated Commands
8. Writing Our First Playbook
9. Dealing With Mixed Linux Environments
10. Organizing our Repository
11. Refactoring and Simplifying Our Playbook
12. Creating an Inventory for Ansible
13. Adding Tags
14. System Administration with Ansible
15. Copying Files with Ansible
16. Managing Services
17. Adding System Users
18. Managing Multiple Servers with Ansible
19. Implementing Server Roles
20. Taking Advantage of Host Variables
21. Creating Templates
22. Exploring Additional Ansible Features
23. Exploring the Galaxy
24. Keeping Secrets
25. Ansible in Reverse
26. Course Closing and Next Steps