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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Ansible Tower

  • Essential features and the underlying architecture of Ansible Tower
  • Enterprise use cases and strategic positioning
  • The relationship between Tower, Ansible Engine, and Automation Controller

Installation and Configuration

  • Infrastructure preparation for Tower installation
  • Steps for installing and verifying Tower functionality
  • Walkthrough of initial setup and configuration

User and Team Management

  • Creating users, teams, and organizational structures
  • Implementing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Managing credentials and integrating with vault services

Inventory and Project Management

  • Creating and maintaining inventory records
  • Utilizing inventory sources and dynamic inventory
  • Managing playbooks as projects through Git repositories

Job Templates and Workflow Automation

  • Designing and creating job templates
  • Chaining individual jobs into automated workflows
  • Implementing surveys, extra variables, and approval mechanisms

Monitoring and Logging

  • Tracking job status and reviewing output
  • Setting up notifications and alerting systems
  • System logging and data analytics

Scaling, Security, and Maintenance

  • Configuring high availability and clustering
  • Strategies for backup, restoration, and upgrades
  • Security considerations and industry best practices

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of core Ansible concepts and YAML syntax.
  • Practical experience in developing and executing Ansible playbooks.
  • Basic familiarity with Linux system administration tasks.

Target Audience

  • IT Automation Managers
  • DevOps Engineers
  • System Administrators tasked with deploying Ansible Tower at scale

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