AU467 Manage Enterprise Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

AU467 Manage Enterprise Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Course overview

Manage complex Red Hat Ansible automation workflows at scale and prevent single points of failure.

The Managing Enterprise Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AU467) is for experienced Ansible automation engineers, DevOps practitioners, and Linux system administrators who want to deploy, control, and support centralized automation execution at scale. Participants will use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 to scale up Ansible automation. They will deploy automation controls to centrally manage automation workflows, automation meshes to scale up and deploy execution capacity, and private automation hub to manage Ansible Content Collections and automation environments for use by automation developers. Large-scale automation cluster design and methods to ensure high availability of the Ansible Automation Platform will also be discussed.

This course is based on Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5.

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Course Objective

  • Discussion of the architecture of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.
  • Installation and configuration of automation controllers and private automation hubs to centrally coordinate and scale Red Hat Ansible Automation.
  • Integration of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform with centralized Git repository services like GitLab.
  • Managing users, teams, and access permissions in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform services.
  • Creation and management of workflows that perform automation based on the success or failure of previous jobs.
  • Configuration and management of automation networks to distribute execution between automation controllers and remote execution nodes.
  • Troubleshooting and maintenance of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform services.
  • Discussion of recommended practices to ensure high availability and scalability in a large automation cluster.

Target Group

This course is designed for users who need to provision, manage, and maintain Ansible automation infrastructure for their organizations, including these roles:

  • Engineers and architects in Ansible automation
  • Linux system administrators supporting automation activities
  • DevOps engineers

Prerequisites

Technical prerequisites:

  • Internet access is recommended but not required.

Certification

The course prepares for the Red Hat Certified Specialist Managing Automation Ansible Automation Platform Exam (EX467).

Trainer

Red Hat is the leading provider of open source software solutions for business Enterprises around the world rely on our broad portfolio of hybrid cloud infrastructure, application services, cloud-based application development, and automation solutions to deliver IT services on any infrastructure quickly and cost-effectively.

Get access to hands-on training to stay ahead of technology trends and gain the knowledge you need to get certified. Whether you’re just starting out and need Linux training or you’re a seasoned professional seeking automation certification, we can help.

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More about the course

Installing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Explain what Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is and perform a basic installation of the automation controller and automation hub.

Managing user access

Create user accounts and organize them into teams/groups in Automation Controller and Automation Hub, and assign them permissions to administer and access resources in each service.

Managing inventory and machine credentials

Create inventories of machines to be managed and configure credentials required for automation control execution nodes to log in and run Ansible jobs on those systems.

Manage projects and launch Ansible jobs

Create projects and job templates in the web interface and use them to launch Ansible Playbooks stored in Git repositories to automate tasks on managed hosts.

Set up advanced job configuration

Configure advanced automation control features to perform jobs more efficiently and effectively.

Designing workflows for jobs

Use advanced features in job templates to improve performance, simplify job customization, start multiple jobs, automatically schedule recurring jobs, and notify job results.

Managing advanced inventories

Manage inventory dynamically generated from scripts or the automation controller’s smart inventory function.

Automate the configuration of the Ansible Automation Platform

Automate the configuration and deployment of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform services using Ansible Content Collections, the Automation Controller API, and Git webhooks.

Maintaining the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Perform routine maintenance and administration of the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

Get insights on automation performance

Get information from Red Hat Insights for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to evaluate the performance of your Ansible automation and identify possible ways to improve it.

Building a large-scale Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform deployment

Utilize high availability and automation networking technologies to scale your Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform deployment.

Comprehensive review

Demonstrate skills learned in this course by configuring a private automation hub and by configuring and running a new organization in the automation controller using a provided specification, Ansible projects, and hosts to be provisioned and managed.

Course overview

42950 kr

4 days

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