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Ansible Basics, Architecture And Terminology.

• Getting started
• Inventory
• Playbooks
• Variables
• Facts and magic variables
• Vault
• Conditional
• Loop
• Handler
• Roles

Install Ansible In The Most Common Operating Systems

• Ansible terminology – ansible vs ansible-core packages
• How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
• How to install Ansible in Fedora 34
• How to install Ansible in Fedora 35
• How to install Ansible in CentOS 8
• How to install Ansible in CentOS 8 Stream
• How to install Ansible in CentOS 9 Stream
• How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 21.10
• How to install Ansible in macOS
• How to install Ansible in Debian 11
• How to install Ansible with PIP
• How to install Ansible in Windows 10
• How to install Ansible in Windows 11
• How to install Ansible in OpenSUSE Leap 15
• How to install Ansible in ArchLinux 2021.12.01
• How to install Ansible in Gentoo Linux
• How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 8
• How to install Ansible in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP3
• How to install Ansible in Oracle Linux 8
• How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 Beta

Ansible Modules To Automate Linux Tasks

• System Administrator examples
• Test host availability – Ansible module ping
• Print text or variable during execution – Ansible module debug
• Edit single line text – Ansible module lineinfile
• Edit multi-line text – Ansible module blockinfile
• Pause execution – Ansible module pause
• Reboot remote hosts – Ansible module reboot
• Checkout git repository via HTTPS – Ansible module git
• Checkout git repository via SSH – Ansible module git
• Copy files to remote hosts – Local to Remote – Ansible module copy
• Copy files from remote hosts – Remote to Local – Ansible module fetch
• Start and enable services on boot on remote hosts – Ansible module service_facts, service
• Restart services on remote hosts – Ansible module service
• Stop and disable services on boot on remote hosts – Ansible module service_facts, service
• Apply a file template – Ansible module template – HTML placeholder
• Loop in file template – Ansible module template – Generate hosts file
• Schedule a Cron Job task in Linux – Ansible module cron
• How to Pass Variables to Ansible Playbook in the command line? – Ansible extra variables
• Break a string over multiple lines – Ansible Literal and Folded Block Scalar operators

Ansible Module To Interact With Filesystem, File And Directory Creation, Permission And Delete

• Create an empty file – Ansible module file
• Create a text file – Ansible module copy
• Check if a file exists – Ansible module stat
• Create a directory in Linux – Ansible module file
• Check if a directory exists – Ansible module stat
• Rename file or directory – Ansible module copy and file
• Change file permission – Ansible module file
• Delete file or directory – Ansible module file
• Download a file – Ansible module get_url
• Extract an archive – Ansible module unarchive
• Create a symbolic link (also symlink or soft link) in Linux – Ansible module file
• Create a hard link in Linux – Ansible module file
• Mount a Windows share in Linux SMB/CIFS – Ansible module mount
• Mount an NFS share in Linux – Ansible module mount

Perform User Management Under Linux System: User Creation, Deletion, Change Attributes, Disable And Enable

• Create a user account – Ansible module user
• Remove user account – Ansible module user
• Change user password – Ansible module user
• Disable user account – Ansible module user
• Enable user account – Ansible module user
• User password expiration – Ansible module user 
• Create a group in Linux – Ansible module group
• Delete a group in Linux – Ansible module group
• Ansible Playbook Code For RedHat-Like Systems
• Add a User to a Second Group on Linux – Ansible module user
• Change the User Primary Group on Linux – Ansible module user

How To Download And Use Ansible Roles And Collection From Ansible Galaxy Directory

• Download and Use Ansible Galaxy Role – ansible-galaxy and requirements.yml
• Download and Use Ansible Galaxy Collection – ansible-galaxy and requirements.yml

Ansible Modules To Automate Interaction With Web Services API

• Submit a GET request to a REST API endpoint – Interact with web services – Ansible module uri
• Token-Based Authentication in REST API – Interact with web services – Ansible module uri – Authentication request using the REST API token

Ansible Modules To Automate Linux Security Tasks

• Set sysctl kernel parameters – Ansible module sysctl
• Load and Unload Kernel Modules in Linux – Ansible module modprobe
• Configure Kernel Parameters in RedHat-like Linux systems – Ansible system role
• Set the SELinux Policy States and Modes on Linux – Ansible module selinux
• Enable or Disable SELinux Boolean on Linux – Ansible module seboolean
• Enable or Disable Permissive Domain in SELinux policy on Linux – Ansible module selinux_permissive
• Vulnerability Scanner/Detector Log4Shell Remote Code Execution Log4j (CVE-2021–44228) — Ansible log4j-cve-2021–44228

How To Manage Some RedHat-Like Specific Configuration

• Register a system with Red Hat Subscription-Manager – Ansible module redhat_subscription
• Install a package in RedHat like systems – Ansible module yum
• Rolling Update RedHat like systems – Ansible module yum
• Open firewall ports in RedHat like systems – Ansible module firewalld
• Install Google Chrome in RedHat-like systems – Ansible module rpm_key, yum_repos
• Install Microsoft Edge in RedHat-like systems – Ansible module rpm_key, yum_repository and yum
• NFS Server — Export an NFS Share in RedHat-like systems — Ansible modules yum, file, lineinfile, command, firewalld, service

How To Manage Some Debian-Like Specific Configuration

• Install a package in Debian like systems – Ansible module apt
• Rolling Update Debian-like systems – Ansible module apt
• Open firewall ports in Debian like systems – Ansible module ufw
• Install Google Chrome in Debian-like systems – Ansible module apt_key, apt_repos
• Install Microsoft Edge in Debian-like systems – Ansible module apt_key, apt_repository and apt

How To Manage Some Suse-Like Specific Configuration

• Install a package in Suse-like systems – Ansible module zypper
• Install Google Chrome in Suse-like systems – Ansible module rpm_key, zypper_repo

Ansible Playbook Code For Windows-Like Systems

• Test Windows host availability – Ansible module win_ping
• Install Windows software – Ansible module win_chocolatey
• Copy files to Windows remote hosts – Local to Remote – Ansible module win_copy
• Reboot Windows hosts Ansible module win_reboot
• Install Google Chrome in Windows-like systems – Ansible module win_chocolatey

The Most Commons Ansible Errors, How To Troubleshoot And Fix.

• Ansible troubleshooting – connection failed
• Ansible troubleshooting – macOS fork error
• Ansible troubleshooting – indentation error
• Ansible troubleshooting – Syntax Error
• Ansible troubleshooting – undefined variable
• Ansible troubleshooting – invalid argument
• Ansible troubleshooting – privilege escalation error
• Ansible troubleshooting – missing sudo password and incorrect sudo password
• Ansible troubleshooting – missing module parameter
• Ansible troubleshooting – failure downloading
• Ansible troubleshooting – chgrp failed
• Ansible troubleshooting – not a valid attribute for a Play error
• Ansible troubleshooting – fatal template error while templating string
• Ansible troubleshooting – PowerShell incompatible with the sudo become plugin
• Ansible troubleshooting – passwordless account
• Ansible troubleshooting – user module password_expiry_min bug
• Ansible troubleshooting – Windows 10 Error 0x80370102 WSL: Windows Subsystem for Linux
• Ansible troubleshooting – Windows 11 Error 0x80370102 WSL: Windows Subsystem for Linux
• Ansible troubleshooting – urlopen error
• Ansible troubleshooting – destination does not exist
• Ansible troubleshooting – role not found error