DO374 - Ansible Automation: Advanced Development Training Course

Advanced Ansible Playbook Development

• Leveraging variables, loops, conditionals, and handlers
• Applying blocks, error handling, and tags
• Architecting complex playbooks

Jinja2 and Templating Techniques

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

Custom Modules and Plugins

• Developing custom modules in Python
• Integrating filters, callbacks, and connection plugins
• Executing debugging and logging strategies

Collections and Roles

• Organizing content through roles
• Packaging and distributing Ansible Collections
• Handling versioning and dependency management

API Integration and External Services

• Interacting with REST APIs using the URI module
• Collaborating with cloud providers and external tools
• Integrating secrets management

Testing and Validation

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

Content Lifecycle and Version Control

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

Summary and Next Steps