DO417 Microsoft Windows Automation with Red Hat Ansible

Date/Time
October 14, 2024 - October 18, 2024
09:00 - 17:00

Learn how to automate administration on Windows Server to enable your DevOps workflow

Microsoft Windows Automation with Red Hat Ansible (DO417) is designed for Windows Server professionals without previous Ansible® experience. You will use Ansible to write automation playbooks for Microsoft Windows systems to perform common system administration tasks reproducibly at scale. You will also learn to use Red Hat® Ansible Tower to securely manage and run your Ansible playbooks from a central web-based user interface.

This course is based on Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8, Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5, and Windows Server 2016 and 2019.

Course content summary

• Configure Microsoft Windows systems to be managed with Ansible.
• Create and manage inventories of managed hosts and provide credentials to manage them to Red Hat Ansible Tower.
• Write Ansible playbooks to consistently automate multiple tasks and apply them to managed hosts.
• Run individual ad hoc automation tasks and complex playbooks from Red Hat Ansible Tower.
• Create survey forms in Red Hat Ansible Tower to simplify playbook operation.
• Parameterize playbooks using variables and facts.
• Write and reuse existing Ansible roles to simplify playbook creation and reuse code.
• Leverage existing PowerShell DSC code to extend the power of Ansible automation.
• Automate common Windows Server system administration tasks using Ansible.

Audience for this course

• Windows Server administrators interested in automating management tasks and in using automation tools to implement their DevOps workflow.

Prerequisites for this course

• You are expected to have experience as Windows Server administrators, but no previous experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation or Linux is required.
• Confirmation of the required knowledge can be obtained by passing the online skills assessment.

Outline for this course

• Introduction to Ansible.
• Deploy Ansible.
• Implement playbooks.
• Manage variables and facts.
• Implement task control.
• Deploy files to managed hosts.
• Manage large projects.
• Simplify playbooks with roles.
• Troubleshoot Ansible.
• Automate Linux administration tasks.
• Comprehensive review.

Recommended next exam or course

• DO447 Advanced Automation Ansible Best Practices
• DO180 Red Hat OpenShift Administration: Introduction to Containers, Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift
• CL110 Red Hat OpenStack Administration I: Core Operations for Cloud Operators
• CEPH125 Red Hat Ceph Storage Architecture and Administration