Learn Ansible from scratch or update an existing project? Automate your System Administrator's day-to-day tasks with the Ansible Open Source IT automation tool.

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In an era of IT environments, automation is no longer a luxury—it's a necessity. Ansible, an open-source IT automation tool, has become a go-to solution for streamlining IT tasks. This comprehensive course aims to equip you with both fundamental and advanced Ansible knowledge.

You'll start by installing Ansible, understanding its architecture, and diving into inventory management and playbook creation. Next, you'll explore variables, conditional statements, loops, handlers, roles, and collections. After that, the course dives into Ansible for Linux-specific tasks and troubleshooting techniques to resolve common problems like connection failures, missing parameters, and syntax errors. 

After completing this course, you'll have gained a robust understanding of Ansible, with the ability to create efficient playbooks, manage inventory, troubleshoot common problems, and automate a wide range of IT tasks. These skills will provide a strong foundation for a thriving career in IT infrastructure management.

Automating IT Infrastructure with Ansible

**(Select all that apply.)** What are the prominent Ansible use cases?

(Select all that apply.) What are the prominent Ansible use cases?

An agent is installed on the Ansible target machine.

**(Select all that apply.)** What are the fundamental tenets of Ansible?

(Select all that apply.) What are the fundamental tenets of Ansible?

**(Select all that apply.)** Which operating systems can be configured as a target node?

(Select all that apply.) Which operating systems can be configured as a target node?

**(Select all that apply.)** Which operating systems can be configured as a control node?

(Select all that apply.) Which operating systems can be configured as a control node?

It executes a network `ping` between hosts.

It connects a network cable between hosts.

It executes an Ansible test connection and returns a `"ping": "pong"` screen message.

What does the <code>ping</code> module do?

Getting Started

Ansible Language

Ansible for Linux

Ansible Troubleshooting

Appendix: Ansible Installation

Conclusion

Quiz: Getting Started