DO374 - Ansible Automation: Advanced Development Training Course

Advanced Ansible Playbook Development

• Utilizing variables, loops, conditionals, and handlers.
• Implementing blocks, error handling, and tags.
• Designing the structure of complex playbooks.

Jinja2 and Templating Techniques

• Applying advanced filters and lookups.
• Creating dynamic templates.
• Adopting best practices for templating.

Custom Modules and Plugins

• Writing bespoke modules in Python.
• Leveraging filters, callbacks, and connection plugins.
• Implementing debugging and logging strategies.

Collections and Roles

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

API Integration and External Services

• Interacting with REST APIs via the URI module.
• Integrating with cloud providers and external tools.
• Incorporating secrets management solutions.

Testing and Validation

• Employing 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 through Git and GitOps practices.
• Tracking changes and maintaining documentation.
• Establishing CI/CD workflows for Ansible content.

Recap and Future Steps