Managing Ansible with AWX from Pluralsight

Struggling with managing complex Ansible projects at scale? Unlock AWXs power to automate complex IT systems, enhance visibility, fortify security, and assure compliance. Rediscover your automation passion while taming your growing infrastructure.

Ansible can be a powerful tool to manage IT infrastructure and automate business processes. However, administrating multiple different Ansible projects while abiding by secure best practices, remaining compliant with industry business standards or quality management systems, and keeping your Ansible automation simple and easy to manage is a daunting task. In this course, Managing Ansible with AWX, you'll unlock the full potential of Ansible automation through a powerful, open-source solution that simplifies Ansible project management and execution. First, you’ll learn how to install AWX in your environment. Next, you’ll explore managing inventories from a variety of different sources. Finally, you'll discover how to create structure around your Ansible automation to facilitate its execution, and create complex workflows by orchestrating different pieces of Ansible automation. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge needed to scale Ansible automation securely and efficiently within your organization.

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Syllabus

Course Overview

Why AWX?

Installing AWX

Setting up an AWX Organization

Projects and Job Templates

Jobs and Notifications

Leveraging the AWX API

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Know what's good

, what to watch for

, and possible dealbreakers

Focused on the usage of AWX to manage and automate comprehensive IT systems, making this an applicable course for system administrators and IT professionals

Activities

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Organize your Ansible learning materials

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Consolidate and review your notes, resources, and assignments to enhance your learning experience.

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Organize your physical and digital materials
Review your notes and highlight key concepts
Create a central repository for all your materials

Refresh knowledge of Ansible

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Review the basics of Ansible to ensure a solid foundation for this course.

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Review the Ansible documentation
Complete a few Ansible tutorials
Practice writing Ansible playbooks

Join an Ansible user group

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Connect with other Ansible users to share knowledge, ask questions, and stay up-to-date on best practices.

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Search for local or online Ansible user groups
Attend meetings or join online forums
Participate in discussions and share your experiences

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Practice managing Ansible projects with AWX

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Reinforce your understanding by practicing managing Ansible projects using the AWX interface.

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Create a new Ansible project in AWX
Add inventories and job templates to the project
Run Ansible playbooks and monitor the results

Follow Ansible tutorials on AWX

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Utilize online tutorials to dive deeper into the capabilities of AWX for managing Ansible projects.

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Search for Ansible AWX tutorials online
Select a tutorial that aligns with your learning goals
Follow the tutorial steps and complete the exercises

Automate a Real-World Infrastructure Task with Ansible

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Start a project that involves automating a real-world infrastructure task with Ansible, providing hands-on experience and reinforcing the concepts learned in the course.

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Identify a real-world infrastructure task that can be automated with Ansible.
Design and develop an Ansible playbook to automate the task.
Test and deploy the playbook in a production-like environment.

Practice Ansible Inventory Management

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Practice managing inventories from a variety of sources to get a better understanding of the process and the features offered by AWX.

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Create different types of inventories (e.g., host files, dynamic inventories, cloud inventories).
Practice managing inventory groups and variables.
Experiment with different inventory sources (e.g., static, dynamic).

Create an Ansible playbook

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Apply your knowledge by creating a customized Ansible playbook to automate a specific IT task.

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Identify a suitable IT task to automate
Design and write an Ansible playbook for the task
Test and refine your playbook

Explore Advanced AWX Features with Tutorials

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Follow tutorials on advanced AWX features to gain a deeper understanding of the platform and its capabilities.

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Follow tutorials on topics such as job scheduling, credential management, and custom integrations.
Experiment with different features to see how they can enhance your Ansible automation.

Use AWX to automate complex IT tasks

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Challenge yourself by using AWX to automate complex IT tasks, such as deploying applications or managing infrastructure.

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Identify a complex IT task that can benefit from automation
Design and implement an AWX workflow to automate the task
Test and refine your workflow

Contribute to the AWX project

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Make a meaningful contribution to the open-source community by contributing to the AWX project.

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Identify an area in the AWX project where you can contribute
Read the AWX documentation and codebase
Make a pull request to the AWX project

Design an Ansible Architecture for a Complex IT System

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Create an Ansible architecture for a complex IT system to demonstrate your understanding of system design and Ansible best practices.

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Identify the components of the IT system and their interdependencies.
Design an Ansible architecture that meets the system requirements and scalability needs.
Document your design, including the architecture diagram and supporting rationale.

Career center

Learners who complete Managing Ansible with AWX will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:

Cloud Engineer

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DevOps Engineer

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Systems Administrator

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Network Engineer

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Security Engineer

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IT Manager

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Software Engineer

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Data Scientist

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Business Analyst

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Project Manager

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Product Manager

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Marketing Manager

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Sales Manager

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Customer Success Manager

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Technical Writer

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