Complete TaskFlow Deployment with Ansible
Deploy the complete TaskFlow application stack across multiple environments using production-style Ansible automation with Vault secrets and rolling updates that minimize downtime.
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)
Deploy the complete TaskFlow application stack across multiple environments using production-ready Ansible automation. Implement multi-environment deployments, manage secrets with Ansible Vault, and integrate with CI/CD pipelines.
What You'll Learn
Deploy complete TaskFlow stack with Ansible (PostgreSQL, Redis, FastAPI, Nginx)
Implement multi-environment automation (dev and prod) with group_vars
Use Ansible Vault to encrypt production secrets (database passwords, API keys)
Structure large-scale automation with site.yml and role composition
Implement rolling/serial updates that minimize downtime for backend deployments
Integrate Ansible deployment into GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline
Use tags for selective task execution and staged deployments
Implement health checks and deployment verification
Troubleshoot failed deployments with debug techniques
Apply production best practices (idempotency, secrets management, testing)
Create deployment runbooks and documentation
Handle database migrations and schema updates safely
Ship Day-2 changes (app version bumps, dependency patches) across dev and prod using the same rolling-update playbook
Prerequisites
Week 12 Lab 1 (Ansible Fundamentals) completed
Week 12 Lab 2 (Ansible Roles and Playbooks) completed
Week 10 AWS Cloud Computing (EC2, RDS concepts)
Week 11 Terraform infrastructure provisioning
Understanding of multi-tier application architecture
Familiarity with CI/CD concepts
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