Welcome to Ansible 101 👋

When learning Ansible, I wanted a resource that would efficiently bring me up to speed on the basics. By providing hands on exercises with a dev environment that can be provisioned with Docker/Podman Compose, my aim is to provide a clear path to understanding Ansible's role in automation and applying it to any project.

You will learn the following:

Part 1

Ansible Basics and Inventory Setup

• Objective: Understand Ansible architecture and setup an inventory file.

Ad-Hoc Commands

• Objective: Learn how to execute ad-hoc commands using Ansible.

Part 2

Playbooks Introduction

• Objective: Introduction to Ansible Playbooks.

Task Control and Handlers

• Objective: Understand task control mechanisms and handlers.

Part 3

Variables and Facts

• Objective: Learn about Ansible variables and gather facts.

Templates and Files

• Objective: Understand how to manage configuration files with templates.

Part 4

Roles and Modularization

• Objective: Learn about roles for playbook modularization.

Error Handling and Debugging

• Objective: Learn how to handle errors and debug playbooks.

Part 5

Conditionals and Loops

• Objective: Understand how to use conditionals and loops in Ansible.

Ansible Vault and Sensitive Data

• Objective: Learn to manage sensitive data with Ansible Vault.

🏠 Blog

Usage

Ensure that Docker/Podman Compose is installed & configured on your system.

Docker Compose

Podman

• Podman Desktop
• Podman Compose

Author

👤 Javel Rowe

• Website: https://javel.dev
• Github: @perplexedyawdie
• LinkedIn: @https://www.linkedin.com/in/javel-rowe/

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