DO374 - Ansible Automation: Advanced Development Training Course

Advanced Ansible Playbook Development

• Leveraging variables, loops, conditionals, and handlers.
• Implementing blocks, error handling, and tags.
• Structuring complex playbook logic.

Jinja2 and Templating Techniques

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

Custom Modules and Plugins

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

Collections and Roles

• Structuring content with roles.
• Packaging and releasing Ansible Collections.
• Managing versions and dependencies.

API Integration and External Services

• Interacting with REST APIs via the URI module.
• Coordinating 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 of Ansible code.

Content Lifecycle and Version Control

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

Summary and Next Steps