DO374 - Ansible Automation: Advanced Development Training Course

Advanced Ansible Playbook Creation

• Leveraging variables, loops, conditionals, and handlers
• Implementing blocks, error management, and tags
• Structuring sophisticated playbooks

Jinja2 and Templating Methods

• Utilizing advanced filters and lookups
• Building dynamic templates
• Adopting templating best practices

Custom Modules and Plugins

• Developing custom modules using Python
• Applying filters, callbacks, and connection plugins
• Strategies for debugging and logging

Collections and Roles

• Organizing content through roles
• Packaging and distributing Ansible Collections
• Managing versions and dependencies

API Integration and External Services

• Interacting with REST APIs via the URI module
• Collaborating with cloud providers and external utilities
• Integrating secrets management solutions

Testing and Verification

• Employing ansible-lint, Molecule, and CI/CD pipelines
• Guaranteeing idempotency and reproducibility
• Performing static and dynamic analysis of Ansible code

Content Lifecycle and Version Control

• Managing code via Git and GitOps
• Tracking changes and maintaining documentation
• Establishing CI/CD workflows for Ansible content

Recap and Future Directions