Red Hat Certified Engineer (EX294) Cert Prep: 2 Using Ansible Playbooks
2h 10mIntermediate2020-07-31
Authors
Grant McWilliams
Consultant, Speaker, Writer, Professor, Developer
Course details
Looking to earn the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RCHE) certification? In this course, the second installment in a three-part series, learn how to create and work with Ansible playbooks as you prepare to take—and ace—the RHCE (EX294) exam. Grant McWilliams shares tips for managing YAML files, explains how to work with variables to retrieve results after you run a command, and shows how to use Jinja2 template files. He goes over looping methods in Ansible, including how to loop with lists, dictionaries, and conditionals. He also demonstrates how to use blocks to group tasks, as well as how to manage errors. Tune into this course, as well as the other two installments in this series, to learn what you need to know to walk into the test center feeling confident.
Skills covered
AnsibleRed Hat Enterprise LinuxRed HatIT AutomationServer AdministrationNetwork AdministrationCert PrepNetwork and System Administration
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Introduction
- 02 - What you should know
- 03 - About the EX294 exam
- 04 - Reconfigure-Migrate CentOS
1. Working with Playbooks
- 05 - Introduction to playbooks
- 06 - Playbook language
- 07 - YAML tips and tricks
- 08 - Install the Atom editor
- 09 - Configure VIM for YAML
- 10 - Playbook hosts and users
- 11 - Playbook tasks list
- 12 - Playbook change handlers
- 13 - Verify Playbooks
2. Creating Reusable Playbooks
- 14 - Create structured configuration
- 15 - About playbook roles
- 16 - Creating roles
- 17 - Static and dynamic content
- 18 - Using includes in Playbooks
3. Using Variables
- 19 - Setting inventory and playbook variables
- 20 - Using variables
- 21 - Registering variables
- 22 - Discovering variables from facts
4. Using Flow Control
- 23 - The when statement
- 24 - Looping methods in Ansible
- 25 - Looping with lists
- 26 - Looping with dictionaries
- 27 - Looping and conditionals
- 28 - Registering variables in loops
5. Grouping Content
- 29 - Using blocks
- 30 - Block error handling
- 31 - Using tags
6. Using Ansible to Deploy Files
- 32 - Using Jinja2 template files
- 33 - Using modules to manipulate files
- 34 - Deploying files from templates
Conclusion
- 35 - Next steps