Automating Infrastructure with Ansible

Course Code: IT 2693

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28 Jul - 01 Aug 2025

5 Days

Online, Virtual

$4,250

19 - 23 Oct 2025

5 Days

Riyadh, KSA

$4,250

Introduction

Training course introducion / brief

Welcome to "Automating Infrastructure with Ansible," a five-day course designed to equip professionals with the skills needed to automate IT infrastructure using Ansible on Red Hat platforms. As organizations increasingly adopt automation to streamline operations, mastering Ansible's capabilities becomes essential for managing servers, networks, and cloud environments efficiently. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of Ansible's architecture, playbooks, and modules, enabling you to design and implement automation workflows that meet organizational needs.

Through interactive sessions and hands-on labs, you will explore advanced topics such as playbook design, inventory management, and role-based automation. You will also learn how to integrate Ansible with Red Hat platforms, ensuring seamless collaboration between development and operations teams. The course emphasizes practical application, enabling you to design scalable, secure, and maintainable automation workflows that align with modern DevOps practices.

By the end of this course, you will have the expertise to automate IT infrastructure effectively, fostering a culture of automation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Whether you are a system administrator, DevOps engineer, or IT professional, this course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in automation implementation and optimization. With Ansible as your foundation, you will be prepared to tackle complex challenges in IT operations.

Understand the principles of automation and their role in Red Hat environments.
Design and implement Ansible playbooks for various use cases.
Manage inventory files and configure role-based automation.
Integrate Ansible with Red Hat platforms for automated workflows.
Troubleshoot common Ansible issues and optimize performance.

This course is ideal for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and IT professionals involved in automation. It is particularly beneficial for individuals looking to gain a foundational understanding of Ansible and its practical applications.

Foundations of Ansible on Red Hat
Introduction to Automation

Definition and importance of automation in IT environments.
Benefits of implementing automation with Ansible on Red Hat.
Overview of Ansible's architecture and components.

Setting Up Ansible on Red Hat

Installing Ansible on Red Hat systems.
Configuring inventory files and SSH connections.

Interactive Session

Hands-on exercise: Run a simple Ansible playbook on Red Hat.

Building Playbooks for Red Hat
Understanding Playbook Syntax

YAML basics and Ansible playbook structure.
Writing and debugging Ansible playbooks for Red Hat.

Managing Tasks

Defining tasks, handlers, and templates.
Using variables and conditionals in playbooks.

Practical Exercise

Create a playbook to configure a Red Hat server.

Inventory and Roles
Inventory Management

Organizing hosts and groups in inventory files.
Using dynamic inventories for Red Hat environments.

Role-Based Automation

Creating reusable Ansible roles.
Organizing roles for scalability.

Role Play

Build an Ansible role and apply it to multiple Red Hat hosts.

Integrating Ansible with Red Hat Platforms
Automating Workflows

Integrating Ansible with Red Hat platforms.
Automating server provisioning and configuration.

Multi-Environment Deployments

Deploying configurations across development, staging, and production.
Managing environment-specific variables.

Group Activity

Automate server provisioning using Ansible and Red Hat platforms.

Advanced Topics and Best Practices
Securing Ansible

Protecting sensitive data with Ansible Vault.
Enforcing access controls for playbooks.

Scaling Ansible

Optimizing performance with parallel execution.
Handling large-scale automation workflows.

Best Practices and Real-World Examples

Reviewing best practices for Ansible usage on Red Hat.
Discussing real-world case studies and success stories.

Final Project Presentation: Comprehensive Ansible Automation Workflow

Closing Remarks

Boost certificate of completion

BOOST's Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC” is always given to the delegates after completing the training course, and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%, besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.

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Flexible deadlines

Customized dates accordance to your schedule

Shareable Certificate

Earn certificate upon completion

COURSE METHODOLOGY

Our Training programs are implemented by combining the participants' academic knowledge and practical practice (30% theoretical / 70% practical activities).

At The end of the training program, Participants are involved in practical workshop to show their skills in applying what they were trained for. A detailed report is submitted to each participant and the training department in the organization on the results of the participant's performance and the return on training. Our programs focus on exercises, case studies, and individual and group presentations.

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