IT Infrastructure Automation Using Ansible: Guidelines to Automate the Network, Windows, Linux, and Cloud Administration

This book covers the complete spectrum of automating IT infrastructure using Ansible. As you progress through the content, you’ll discover ways to identify automation opportunities in your role and streamline repetitive, time-consuming tasks using Ansible.

Even if you’re new to Ansible, this book starts with the basics, walking you through the setup of a lab environment to practice each concept. It includes practical examples, real-world use cases, and network modules, alongside system and cloud management tasks. You’ll gain the skills to automate essential administrative tasks throughout your IT infrastructure.

By the end, you’ll have the expertise to effectively leverage Ansible for enterprise-level automation and boost your proficiency in IT automation.

Efficient IT Automation with Ansible

Key Features:

  • Comprehensive guide for IT teams to introduce automation across the enterprise.
  • Hands-on demonstrations showcasing automation use-cases within IT infrastructure.
  • Expert tips and best practices for creating error-free Ansible playbooks.

What you will learn

● Install Ansible and learn the fundamentals.

● Use practical examples and learn about the loop, conditional statements, and variables.

● Understand the Ansible network modules and how to apply them in our day-to-day network management.

● Learn to automate the Windows and Linux infrastructure using Ansible.

● Automate routine administrative tasks for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud.

● Explore how to use Ansible for Docker and Kubernetes.

Who this book is for

This book is for all IT students and professionals who want to manage or plan to administer the IT infrastructure. Knowing the basic Linux command-line would be good although not mandatory.

Table of Contents

1. Up and Running with Ansible

2. Ansible Basics

3. Ansible Advance Concepts

4. Ansible for Network Administration

5. Ansible for System Administration

6. Ansible for Cloud Administration

7. Ansible Tips and Tricks

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