Home
Ansible 203 – Windows Server Automation

Awaiting product image

Ansible 203 – Windows Server Automation

Course Overview
Continue your studies of Ansible, with a focus on automating servers and applications. In addition to Ansible, students will study enough Python to understand Ansible’s plugin architecture. Lessons and labs focus on using both Python and Ansible to interact with and configure your Windows servers, as well as common applications. At the conclusion of this course you will return to work empowered with skills necessary to create or improve Ansible solutions. This class is a combination of live demonstrations and hands-on labs with virtual network devices and endpoints as targets for your configuration.

For many of the lessons, we will focus on tasks targeting Windows.

Students looking for Ansible for network applications should see: Ansible 201 (Networking)
Students looking for Ansible for Linux server applications should see: Ansible 202 (Linux Server)

Days : 5

Price :

CAD$6,500.00

Description

Description

Who should attend

Network Administrators
Ansible Developers
Python Developers
Administrators interested in Automation
Individuals interested in devops, specifically for networking

Course Objectives

Version controlling code with Git
Controlling winrm sessions and passing commands to remote servers
Basic Python for automation applications
Ansible collections for server automation
Understanding plugin architecture of Ansible modules written with Python
Best practices for automation
AI LLM prompt engineering for generating Ansible solutions applicable to Windows scenarios

Follow On Courses

Ansible 301 – Mastering Ansible (A301MA)

Outline: Ansible 203 – Windows Server Automation (A203)

LLM AI Toolkit

Lecture + Lab: Large Language Model toolkit for AI Solution Assistance

Software Control Management

Lecture + Lab: SCM Option #1 – GitHub
Lecture + Lab: SCM Option #2 – GitLab

Ansible and Windows Setup

Lecture + Lab: Ansible Windows Ping and Inventory
Lecture + Lab: Ansible Windows gather_facts
Lecture + Lab: ansible.cfg setup

Ansible and Windows

Lecture + Lab: Update Windows with Ansible
Lecture + Lab: Ansible Windows and Downloading Resources
Lecture + Lab: Checking Windows Services with Ansible
Lecture + Lab: Automating Windows MSI Files
Lecture + Lab: Ansible Module – ansible.builtin.uri
Challenge: Write a Windows Playbook

Ansible and Windows Scripting

Lecture + Lab: Ansible and Windows Commands
Lecture + Lab: Ansible and Windows PowerShell

Jinja Templating and Files

Lecture: Templating with Jinja
Lecture + Lab: Jinja Templating for Windows
Lecture + Lab: Using Ansible to Copy Files to Windows

Prechecks and Postchecks

Lecture + Lab: Windows Assertions and Prechecks

Windows System

Lecture + Lab: Ansible and Windows Environmental Variables
Lecture + Lab: Automating Windows Users with Ansible
Lecture + Lab: Ansible and Windows Registry Editor

Ansible and Windows Chocolatey

Lecture + Lab: Ansible and Windows Chocolatey

Increasing Complexity and Maintainability

Lecture + Lab: Organizing Playbooks with import_tasks

Cloud and Hypervisors

Lecture + Lab: Ansible for VMWare VCenter
Lecture + Lab: VMWare ESXi and Dell PowerStore

Security

Lecture + Lab: Complete Ansible Vault

CI CD Tools

Lecture: Ansible Workflow
Lecture + Lab: Ansible and CI CD
Lecture + Lab: Ansible Runner
Lecture + Lab: ansible-builder
Lecture + Lab: Building Custom Ansible Execution Environments
Lecture + Lab: Windows Scripting

Customizing Ansible

Lecture + Lab: Dynamic Inventory Plugins – VMWare
Lecture + Lab: Writing an Ansible Module with Python