DO374 - Ansible Automation: Advanced Development Training Course

Advanced Development of Ansible Playbooks

• Managing variables, loops, conditionals, and handlers
• Implementing blocks, error handling mechanisms, and tags
• Architecting complex playbook structures

Jinja2 and Templating Methods

• Utilizing advanced filters and lookups
• Generating dynamic templates
• Applying best practices for templating

Creating Custom Modules and Plugins

• Developing custom modules using Python
• Employing filters, callbacks, and connection plugins
• Strategies for debugging and logging

Working with 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 via the URI module
• Collaborating with cloud providers and external tools
• Integrating secrets management solutions

Testing and Validation Processes

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

Content Lifecycle and Version Control

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

Recap and Future Directions