Goals

• Use ad-hoc commands to manage servers.

Topics

• Static vs dynamic inventory
• Ansible ad-hoc command structure
• Using modules like copy, command, shell, service, package, etc.

Lab

• Install Apache/Nginx on 2 servers using yum or apt module

Goals

• Automate tasks using reusable and structured playbooks.

Topics

• Playbook structure: hosts, tasks, vars, handlers
• Using become, with_items, when conditions
• Creating and using Ansible roles

Practice

• Create a playbook to install and configure a web server
• Create a role to manage Nginx installation

Goals

• Make playbooks dynamic and environment-specific.

Topics

• Variables: defaults, group_vars, host_vars
• Jinja2 templating
• notify and handlers
• Tags and conditional execution

Practice

• Create a Jinja2 template for nginx.conf
• Use variables to configure multiple environments

Lab

• Create a playbook that configures a web app with different ports for dev and prod environments

Goals

• Secure sensitive data and manage inventory dynamically.

Topics

• Encrypting secrets with ansible-vault
• Managing secrets per environment
• Dynamic inventory using AWS EC2/GCP
• Using Python scripts or ansible-inventory plugins

Lab

• Use Ansible Vault to secure DB credentials
• Setup EC2 dynamic inventory using ec2.py or AWS plugin

Goal

• Combine all skills to automate a full-stack deployment

Final Project: "End-to-End Web Application Deployment"

1. Provision servers: (Use Terraform or manual setup)
2. Use Ansible to:
   • Install and configure web server (Nginx)
   • Install app dependencies (Node.js / Python / Java)
   • Configure firewall and users
   • Deploy app and database
   • Set up monitoring (optional)
3. Add:
   • Templates for config files
   • Ansible Vault for secrets
   • Handlers to restart services