📘 Course Content: Ansible Automation for DevOps

🔹 Module 1: Introduction to Ansible

• What is Ansible & Why Automation?

• Agent vs Agentless Architecture

• Ansible Use Cases in DevOps

• Installing Ansible on Linux (Ubuntu)

• Setting up Lab Environment

🔹 Module 2: Inventory Management

• Understanding Inventory File

• Static vs Dynamic Inventory

• Managing Hosts & Groups

• Inventory Variables

🔹 Module 3: Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands

• Introduction to Ad-Hoc Commands

• Running commands on remote servers

• File & package management using ad-hoc

🔹 Module 4: Playbooks (Core of Ansible)

• Introduction to YAML

• Writing First Playbook

• Tasks, Modules & Structure

• Variables & Facts

• Conditionals (when)

• Loops

🔹 Module 5: Ansible Modules

• File Module

• Copy Module

• Package (apt/yum)

• Service Module

• User Management

• Debug Module

🔹 Module 6: Roles & Project Structure

• Introduction to Roles

• Creating Roles

• Role Directory Structure

• Reusing Roles

🔹 Module 7: Templates & Handlers

• Jinja2 Templates

• Dynamic Configuration Files

• Handlers & Notifications

🔹 Module 8: Ansible Vault (Security)

• Encrypting Secrets

• Managing Sensitive Data

• Vault Commands

🔹 Module 9: Real-Time Project

• Automate Nginx Setup using Ansible

• Deploy Node.js Application

• Configure Reverse Proxy

• End-to-End Automation Project

🔹 Module 10: Integration with DevOps Tools

• Ansible with Jenkins (CI/CD)

• Basic Git Integration

• Automating Deployment Pipelines

🔹 Bonus (Optional but attractive)

• Interview Questions & Resume Tips

• Live Troubleshooting Scenarios

• Best Practices in Ansible