Red Hat Certified Engineer (EX294) Cert Prep: 3 Managing Systems with Ansible

Review the basics of using Ansible modules for system administration and working with roles as you prepare for the Red Hat Certified Engineer (EX294) exam.

Introduction

• Introduction
• What you should know
• About the RHCE (EX294) exam
• Before you proceed with this course
• Reconfigure-Migrate CentOS

1. Ansible Roles

• Directory structure best practices
• Create the directory structure
• Understanding RHEL System Roles
• Using RHEL System Roles
• Exploring Ansible Galaxy
• Installing roles from Ansible Galaxy

2. Using Ansible in Large Environments

• Using dynamic inventory plugins
• Using dynamic inventory scripts
• Manage parallel playbook execution
• Performance tuning Ansible

3. Templating with Jinja2

• Templating with Jinja2
• Using variables with Jinja2
• Jinja2 syntax
• Using control structures in Jinja2

4. Managing Software with Ansible

• Modules related to software management
• Managing packages in playbooks
• Implementing a playbook to manage software

5. Managing Users with Ansible

• Modules related to user management
• Using playbooks to create users
• Using external user data files
• Advanced user creation

6. Managing Processes and Tasks

• Modules for managing services and tasks
• Creating a playbook to manage services
• Creating a playbook to manage tasks

7. Troubleshooting Ansible

• Managing Ansible logging and output
• Troubleshooting Ansible playbooks

Conclusion

• Taking the exam