DO374 - Ansible Automation: Advanced Development Training Course

Advanced Ansible Playbook Development

• Utilizing variables, loops, conditionals, and handlers
• Implementing blocks, error handling, and tags
• Designing complex playbook structures

Jinja2 and Templating Strategies

• Advanced filters and lookup mechanisms
• Building dynamic templates
• Best practices for templating

Custom Modules and Plugins

• Developing custom modules using Python
• Leveraging filters, callbacks, and connection plugins
• Debugging techniques and logging strategies

Collections and Roles

• Organizing content through roles
• Packaging and releasing Ansible Collections
• Managing versions and dependencies

API Integration and External Services

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

Testing and Validation

• Employing ansible-lint, Molecule, and CI/CD pipelines
• Guaranteeing idempotency and reproducibility
• Performing static and dynamic analysis on Ansible code

Content Lifecycle and Version Control

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

Recap and Future Steps