To ensure that you have a successful learning experience in the Configuration Management with Ansible course, the following minimum prerequisites are recommended:

• Basic understanding of Linux/Unix system concepts, including familiarity with the command line interface.
• Fundamental knowledge of system administration tasks, such as software installation and configuration.
• Awareness of basic networking concepts (e.g., IP addresses, DNS, ports).
• Familiarity with text editors (such as Vim, Nano, or Emacs) for editing code and configuration files.
• No prior experience with Ansible is required, as the course is designed to introduce you to the tool.

These prerequisites are designed to provide a foundation that will help you grasp the concepts and practices taught in the Ansible course. They are not meant to be barriers to entry but rather to ensure you can make the most out of the training.

Target Audience for Configuration Management with Ansible

1. Koenig Solutions' Ansible course teaches efficient IT automation and configuration management for tech professionals.

   
   

2. Target Audience:

   
   
   • System Administrators
   • DevOps Engineers
   • IT Automation Engineers
   • Infrastructure Automation Professionals
   • Software Developers with an interest in deployment automation
   • Technical Project Managers overseeing IT environments
   • Security Professionals looking to automate security compliance
   • Cloud Engineers working with scalable infrastructures
   • Network Administrators interested in automating network configurations
   • Release Engineers coordinating environment configurations and deployment
   • Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) managing application stability and automation

Learning Objectives - What you will Learn in this Configuration Management with Ansible?

1. Introduction: This Configuration Management with Ansible course arms participants with the skills to automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment using Ansible.

2. Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

• Understand the fundamentals of Ansible, including its history and how it fits into the current state of IT automation.
• Gain proficiency in the Ansible framework and its approach to configuration management and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Learn the essentials of Ansible deployment, including installation, configuration, and managing inventory and architecture.
• Master executing ad-hoc commands and writing Ansible playbooks for task automation.
• Acquire the ability to define and use variables, facts, conditionals, loops, and handlers within Ansible playbooks.
• Develop skills in creating and managing reusable code through Ansible roles, including role creation and dependency management.
• Learn to secure sensitive data using Ansible Vault and manage secrets within Ansible playbooks.
• Explore Ansible Galaxy to find, share, and reuse community-developed roles and collections.
• Optimize performance and efficiency in Ansible playbooks through best practices and techniques such as forks, tags, and Jinja2 templating.
• Conduct playbook dry-runs to verify code before pushing changes and understand how to troubleshoot common issues and optimize playbook performance.