Developing Advanced Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AU374) Training

By the end of this training, you will have gained knowledge and skills in the following areas:

• Use Automation Content Navigator to develop and manage Ansible Playbooks.

• Apply best practices for efficient and reliable automation development.

• Use advanced features such as filters and plug-ins to manipulate and process data.

• Implement rolling updates to minimize downtime during deployments.

• Create Automation Execution Environments to package and share dependencies for automation code.

Impact on the Organization

Organizations will gain the ability to:

• Distribute automation efficiently across teams using reusable, standardized code.

• Build automation frameworks that scale seamlessly across enterprise and hybrid environments.

• Enhance maintainability and operational consistency through containerized architecture.

Impact on the Individual

By completing this course, you will:

• Develop scalable and maintainable automation projects for large teams.
• Create and manage Automation Execution Environments and Content Collections.
• Optimize and troubleshoot Ansible Playbooks efficiently.
• Use Automation Content Navigator to manage the entire automation lifecycle.

1. Develop Playbooks with Ansible Automation Platform 2
Follow industry best practices to design scalable Ansible Playbooks.

2. Manage Ansible Content Collections and Execution Environments
Run playbooks using external content collections, either within existing execution environments or from the Automation Hub.

3. Run Playbooks with Automation Controller
Understand the Automation Controller, and learn how to use it to manage playbooks through Automation Content Navigator.

4. Work with Ansible Configuration Settings
Configure and fine-tune Ansible and Automation Content Navigator settings to streamline development and debugging.

5. Manage Inventories
Leverage advanced inventory management techniques for complex environments.

6. Manage Task Execution
Optimize playbook task execution for efficiency and performance.

7. Transform Data with Filters and Plug-ins
Manipulate and manage variables using Ansible’s built-in filters and custom plug-ins.

8. Coordinate Rolling Updates
Use Ansible’s advanced functionality to orchestrate rolling updates while minimizing downtime.

9. Create Content Collections and Automation Execution Environments
Develop, publish, and embed your own Ansible Content Collections and Execution Environments, and execute them using the Automation Controller.