Course
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Microsoft Windows Automation w/ Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform – RHLS Course
Course facts
- Writing Ansible Playbooks that automate tasks on Microsoft Windows servers
- Managing Ansible Playbooks stored in a Git-based version control system
- Running Ansible Playbooks by using the automation controller web-based UI
- Managing and ensuring software and Windows features are installed and up-to-date using Ansible automation
- Writing efficient tasks in Ansible Playbooks by using loops, conditional tests, and handlers
- Writing Ansible Playbooks that ensure plays can recover when tasks fail
- Deploying, modifying, and managing files with Ansible on your Windows servers, using completed files and Jinja2 templates
- Managing local and domain users, managing Active Directory domains, and generating dynamic inventory of managed hosts in automation controller based on domain membership
- Automating specific, common Windows Server administration tasks
- Reusing existing automation code by using Ansible Content Collections, Ansible Roles, and Ansible integration with PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) resources
This course is designed for Windows Server professionals without previous Ansible® experience. You will use Ansible to write automation playbooks for Microsoft Windows systems to perform common system administration tasks reproducibly at scale. You will also learn to use Red Hat® Ansible Tower to securely manage and run your Ansible playbooks from a central web-based user interface.
Course outline:
Introducing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Describe the fundamental concepts of Ansible and how it is used, and install development tools from Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Preparing for Ansible Operations
Prepare Microsoft Windows hosts for Ansible automation and automation controller to run automation on those hosts
Implementing Ansible Playbooks
Write a simple playbook to automate tasks on multiple Microsoft Windows-based hosts, and then run the playbook with automation controller
Managing Variables and Facts
Write playbooks that use variables to simplify management of the playbook and facts to reference information about managed hosts
Installing and Configuring Software
Install, manage, and ensure software is up to date using Ansible Playbooks.Install, manage, and ensure software is up to date using Ansible Playbooks
Implementing Task Control
Manage task execution using loops, conditional tests, and handlers, and recover when tasks fail
Deploying Files to Managed Hosts
Deploy, modify, and manage files on your managed hosts
Reusing Code with Ansible Roles and Ansible Content Collections
Write playbooks that are optimized for larger and more complex projects and that reuse existing automation code
Interacting with Users and Domains
Manage local and domain users and Active Directory domains on managed hosts, and generate a dynamic inventory of managed hosts in automation controller based on domain membership
Automating Windows Administration Tasks
Automate common Windows Server administration tasks
Comprehensive Review
Review tasks from Microsoft Windows Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
System administrators, DevOps engineers, and developers who are responsible for automating the deployment and management of Microsoft Windows servers and applications hosted on them using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
You are expected to have experience as Windows Server Administrator, but no previous experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation or Linux® is required.
This course is based on Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8, Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5, and Windows Server 2016 and 2019.
Please make sure to bring your own device (BYOD).
Your device must be installed with a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
- If you are running Microsoft Windows, you should have Microsoft Remote Desktop installed.
- If you are running macOS, you will need to install Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac (by Microsoft) from the App Store.
- If you are running Linux, you may install Remmina from the distribution (if available) or follow instructions at https://remmina.org (if not). If you prefer, you may instead install the FreeRDP clients from the Linux distribution (in the freerdp package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux).