Here are 100 chapter titles for learning Ansible, organized from beginner to advanced levels. These chapters cover key concepts, setup, and advanced techniques for using Ansible effectively in automation, configuration management, and orchestration tasks.
- Introduction to Ansible: What is Ansible and Why Use It?
- Ansible Architecture: Understanding Master-Slave Architecture
- Setting Up Ansible: Installing Ansible on Different Systems
- Understanding Ansible Inventory: Hosts and Groups
- Basic Ansible Commands: Running Simple Playbooks
- Introduction to Ansible Playbooks: Writing Your First Playbook
- Understanding Ansible Modules: Core and Custom Modules
- Basic Syntax: Key Concepts of YAML for Ansible
- Variables in Ansible: Defining and Using Variables
- Using Facts in Ansible: Retrieving System Information
- Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands: Quick Operations without Playbooks
- Managing Files with Ansible:
copy, template, and file Modules
- Working with Packages: Installing and Removing Software
- Managing Services: Starting, Stopping, and Enabling Services
- Executing Remote Commands with Ansible
- Using Loops in Ansible: Iterating Over Lists and Dictionaries
- Conditionals in Ansible: Controlling Task Execution
- Handling Errors in Ansible:
ignore_errors and failed_when
- Ansible Handlers: Reacting to Changes with Handlers
- Introduction to Roles in Ansible
- Ansible Vault: Encrypting Sensitive Data
- Working with Ansible Galaxy: Reusing Community Roles
- Running Ansible Playbooks with Tags
- Basic Ansible Debugging: Analyzing Playbook Execution
- Ansible Pipelines: Managing Multiple Playbooks and Executions
- Ansible Inventory Management: Dynamic Inventory and Hosts Files
- Understanding Ansible Playbook Structure: Plays, Tasks, and Handlers
- Advanced Variables in Ansible: Variable Precedence and Scopes
- Using Templates in Ansible: The
template Module and Jinja2
- Working with File and Directory Permissions in Ansible
- Ansible Facts and Custom Facts
- Creating Custom Ansible Modules
- Ansible Roles: Organizing Playbooks for Reusability
- Creating and Using Ansible Galaxy Roles
- Ansible Fact Gathering: Optimizing Performance with
gather_facts
- Using Ansible Collections for Extended Functionality
- Ansible Error Handling: Best Practices for Robust Playbooks
- Conditionals and Loops in Depth: Writing Efficient Playbooks
- Advanced Inventory Management: Host Variables and Group Variables
- Ansible Synchronization: Managing Files with
synchronize
- Network Automation with Ansible: Managing Networking Devices
- Ansible for Cloud Automation: Managing AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Creating and Using Ansible Templates for Configuration Management
- Using Ansible to Manage Linux and Windows Systems
- Ansible Tower: Introduction and Features
- Ansible Vault: Best Practices for Secure Data Management
- Using the
lineinfile Module to Edit Text Files Dynamically
- Scaling Ansible for Large Infrastructure
- Performance Optimization in Ansible: Reducing Execution Time
- Ansible Synchronization and File Transfer:
copy vs. fetch vs. synchronize
- Advanced Playbook Features: Delegation and Inclusion
- Optimizing Ansible Performance: Parallelism and Connection Types
- Ansible Custom Inventory: Using Scripts and Dynamic Inventory
- Ansible Role Dependencies and Role Execution Order
- Using Ansible with Docker: Containerized Automation
- Ansible for Orchestration: Integrating with Jenkins and CI/CD
- Managing Kubernetes Clusters with Ansible
- Advanced Ansible Vault: Managing Multiple Vaults and Keys
- Using Ansible with Kubernetes: Deploying Resources with Ansible
- Ansible and Microservices: Automation for Microservices Architecture
- Creating and Managing Ansible Playbook Libraries
- Ansible Tower: Advanced Usage and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Scaling Ansible with Ansible Tower or AWX
- Advanced Inventory Techniques: Grouping Hosts Dynamically
- Ansible Event-Driven Automation with Ansible Tower
- Testing and Validating Ansible Playbooks with Molecule
- Using Ansible for Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD)
- Advanced Role and Playbook Design Patterns
- Building and Deploying Virtual Machines with Ansible
- Managing Configuration Drift with Ansible
- Integrating Ansible with Git: Version Control for Playbooks
- Ansible for High Availability and Fault Tolerance
- Automation for Network Devices: Ansible for Cisco, Juniper, etc.
- Ansible and Security Automation: Scanning and Remediation
- Managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Ansible and Terraform
- Ansible with Cloud-Native Environments: Best Practices
- Advanced Ansible Performance Tuning: Memory and CPU Optimization
- Managing Hybrid Cloud Environments with Ansible
- Ansible for Data Center Automation
- Advanced Ansible Vault Usage: Encrypting Files, Strings, and Secrets
- Building an Ansible API with Ansible Tower for Automation
- Ansible for Multi-Cloud Environments: Managing AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Using Ansible for Serverless Infrastructure Automation
- Configuring High-Availability Systems with Ansible
- Integration with Monitoring Tools: Prometheus, Nagios, and Ansible
- Building Complex Ansible Roles for Large Infrastructure Projects
- Integrating Ansible with Third-Party Tools and Platforms
- Using Ansible to Automate Disaster Recovery (DR)
- Ansible for Container Orchestration with Kubernetes
- Custom Ansible Plugins: Writing and Extending Modules
- Ansible and OpenStack: Managing Virtualized Infrastructure
- Building and Deploying a Self-Healing Infrastructure with Ansible
- Implementing Continuous Delivery with Ansible in Cloud Environments
- Advanced Networking Automation: Managing SDNs with Ansible
- Ansible and Security Automation: Patch Management and Compliance
- Customizing and Extending Ansible Tower with REST APIs
- Best Practices for Managing Playbook Execution and Logs
- Automating Complex Workflows with Ansible and Jenkins
- Troubleshooting and Debugging Ansible in Complex Environments
- Future of Ansible: New Trends and Advanced Use Cases
These chapters span across a beginner to advanced level of learning the Ansible framework, providing a structured approach to mastering automation, configuration management, and orchestration using Ansible. They cover essential topics, such as writing simple playbooks, working with modules, roles, and variables, all the way to using Ansible in complex cloud, container, and hybrid environments, as well as building custom solutions for large-scale infrastructure management.