Ansible Fundamentals - Playbooks, Inventory & Modules
Learn Ansible from scratch! Write playbooks to automate TaskFlow server configurations, create inventories to organize infrastructure, and master core modules (apt, copy, template, service). Transform manual server management into reliable, repeatable automation.
Lab Overview
🛠 Lab from the Platform Engineering Bootcamp. Used in Week 12. Bootcamp landing page: https://academy.tekanaid.com/bootcamps/platform-engineering-bootcamp Parent course(s):
- Week 12: Ansible Configuration Management (slug: ansible-configuration-management)
Master Ansible fundamentals and automate TaskFlow server configuration. Install Ansible, create inventories to organize servers, write your first playbooks, and use core modules to automate common tasks. Learn idempotency and why it's critical for reliable automation.
You'll configure TaskFlow application servers using Ansible playbooks, replacing manual SSH commands with declarative automation. Learn the basics that form the foundation for all configuration management automation.
What You'll Learn
Install and configure an Ansible control node with SSH key-based authentication
Create Ansible inventories to organize servers into logical groups
Write Ansible playbooks with YAML syntax to automate server configuration
Use core modules (apt, copy, template, service) to install and configure software
Verify idempotency by running the same playbook multiple times without side effects
Ship Day-2 changes (new app versions, patched dependencies) by re-running the same playbook
Prerequisites
Week 10 AWS Cloud Computing (EC2, SSH concepts)
Week 5 Bash Scripting (understanding of automation)
Basic YAML syntax knowledge
Linux command-line proficiency
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