Automate Linux in Cloud with Ansible in 100+ Examples

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Ansible Ad-Hoc command – ansible command

Lecture 3: Ansible terminology – What is an Ansible Playbook?

Chapter 2: Install Ansible

Lecture 1: Ansible terminology – ansible vs ansible-core packages

Lecture 2: How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux 8

Lecture 3: How to install Ansible in Amazon Linux 2 (AWS EC2)

Lecture 4: How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Lecture 5: How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 21.10

Lecture 6: How to install Ansible in Fedora 35

Lecture 7: How to install Ansible in CentOS 8

Lecture 8: How to install Ansible in CentOS Stream 8

Lecture 9: How to install Ansible in Debian 11

Lecture 10: How to install Ansible in OpenSUSE Leap 15

Lecture 11: How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux 8

Lecture 12: How to install Ansible in ArchLinux 2021.12.01

Lecture 13: How to install Ansible in Gentoo Linux

Lecture 14: How to install Ansible in CentOS 9 Stream

Lecture 15: How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 8

Lecture 16: How to install Ansible in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP3

Lecture 17: How to install Ansible in Fedora 36

Lecture 18: How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish

Lecture 19: How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.1

Lecture 20: How to install Ansible in Fedora 37 – Ansible install

Lecture 21: How to install Ansible in Fedora 38 – Ansible install

Lecture 22: How to install Ansible in Fedora 39 – Ansible install

Lecture 23: How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.2

Lecture 24: How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster — Ansible Install

Lecture 25: How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.3

Lecture 26: How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur

Lecture 27: How to install Ansible in Fedora 40

Lecture 28: How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat

Chapter 3: Ansible Playbook code for Linux

Lecture 1: Test host availability – Ansible module ping

Lecture 2: Print a text/variable during execution – Ansible module debug

Lecture 3: Ansible modules – command vs shell

Lecture 4: Edit single line text – Ansible module lineinfile

Lecture 5: Edit multi-line text – Ansible module blockinfile

Lecture 6: Pause execution – Ansible module pause

Lecture 7: Reboot remote hosts – Ansible module reboot

Lecture 8: Checkout git repository via HTTPS – Ansible module git

Lecture 9: Checkout git repository via SSH – Ansible module git

Lecture 10: Copy files to remote hosts – Local to Remote – Ansible module copy

Lecture 11: Copy files from remote hosts – Remote to Local – Ansible module fetch

Lecture 12: Start and enable services on boot on remote hosts – Ansible module service_facts

Lecture 13: Restart services on remote hosts – Ansible module service

Lecture 14: Stop and disable services on boot on remote hosts – Ansible module service

Lecture 15: Apply a file template – Ansible module template

Lecture 16: Loop in file template – Ansible module template – Generate hosts file

Lecture 17: Schedule a Cron Job task in Linux – Ansible module cron

Lecture 18: Submit a GET request to a REST API endpoint — Interact with web services — uri

Lecture 19: Token Based Authentication in REST API – Interact with webservice – Ansible uri

Lecture 20: Set the SELinux Policy States and Modes on Linux – Ansible module selinux

Lecture 21: Enable or Disable Permissive Domain in SELinux policy on Linux – Ansible module

Lecture 22: Vulnerability Scanner Log4Shell Remote Code Execution Log4j (CVE-2021–44228)

Lecture 23: Read an environment variable – Ansible lookup plugin env

Lecture 24: Backup With Rsync – Local to Remote – Ansible module synchronize

Lecture 25: Three options to Safely Limit Ansible Playbooks Execution to a Single Machine

Lecture 26: How to Run Only One Task in Ansible Playbook? – Ansible tags statement

Lecture 27: Filter A List By Its Attributes – Ansible selectattr filter

Chapter 4: Ansible code to interact with Linux filesystem

Lecture 1: Create an empty file – Ansible module file

Lecture 2: Create a text file – Ansible module copy

Lecture 3: Check if a file exists – Ansible module stat

Lecture 4: Create a directory – Ansible module file

Lecture 5: Check if a directory exists – Ansible module stat

Lecture 6: Rename file or directory – Ansible module copy and file

Lecture 7: Change file permission – Ansible module file

Lecture 8: Add Execute Permission 755 Linux file – Ansible module file

Lecture 9: Delete file or directory – Ansible module file

Lecture 10: Create a symbolic link (also symlink or soft link) in Linux -Ansible module file

Lecture 11: Create a hard link in Linux – Ansible module file

Lecture 12: Download a file – Ansible module get_url

Lecture 13: Extract an archive – Ansible module unarchive

Lecture 14: Mount a Windows share in Linux SMB/CIFS – Ansible module mount

Lecture 15: Mount an NFS share in Linux – Ansible module mount

Lecture 16: Concatenate multiple files in a specific order – Ansible module template and YAM

Lecture 17: How to Delete Only Files Inside a Directory – Ansible module find

Lecture 18: Create ISO image from Files and Folders – Ansible module iso_create

Lecture 19: Automating File Extension Validation with Ansible

Chapter 5: Ansible code for user management on Linux systems

Lecture 1: Create a user account – Ansible module user

Lecture 2: Remove user account – Ansible module user

Lecture 3: Change user password – Ansible module user

Lecture 4: Disable user account – Ansible module user

Lecture 5: Enable user account – Ansible module user

Lecture 6: User password expiration – Ansible module user

Lecture 7: Create a group in Linux – Ansible module group

Lecture 8: Delete a group – Ansible module group

Lecture 9: Add a User to a Second Group on Linux – Ansible module user

Lecture 10: Change the User Primary Group on Linux – Ansible module user

Chapter 6: Ansible Playbook code for RedHat-like systems

Lecture 1: Register a system with Red Hat Subscription-Manager – Ansible module redhat_subs

Lecture 2: Install a package in RedHat like systems – Ansible module yum

Lecture 3: Rolling Update RedHat like systems – Ansible module yum

Lecture 4: Open firewall ports in RedHat like systems – Ansible module firewalld

Lecture 5: Install Google Chrome in RedHat-like systems – Ansible module rpm_key, yum_repos

Lecture 6: Install Microsoft Edge in RedHat-like systems – Ansible module rpm_key, yum_repo

Lecture 7: NFS Server –  Export an NFS Share in RedHat-like systems - six Ansible modules