Red Hat Certified Engineer (EX294) Cert Prep: 1 Foundations of Ansible

2h 16mIntermediate2020-05-19

Authors

Grant McWilliams

Consultant, Speaker, Writer, Professor, Developer

Course details

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is one of the top enterprise Linux distributions—and Red Hat Certified Engineer (RCHE) is one of the top Linux certifications. The RHCE exam for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (EX294) focuses on IT automation using Red Hat Ansible Engine. In this course—the first installment in a three-part series—learn the foundations of working with Ansible Engine as you study for the Red Hat Certified Engineer (EX294) exam. Instructor Grant McWilliams covers installing Ansible in Enterprise Linux Version 8, reviews essential IT automation concepts, and discusses host requirements. He also shares how to create Ansible inventory, how to work with Ansible command-line tools, and how ad-hoc commands are sent to certain targeted hosts using patterns to manage users, services, and software packages. This course, when paired with the other two installments in this series, can help ensure that you walk into the test center feeling confident.

Skills covered

AnsibleRed Hat Enterprise LinuxRed HatIT AutomationServer AdministrationNetwork AdministrationCert PrepNetwork and System Administration

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Prepare for the RHCE EX294 certification
02 - What you should know
03 - About the RHCE (EX294) exam
04 - State of Enterprise Linux
05 - Install Virtual Box
06 - CentOS 8 lab setup
07 - Optimize your VM
08 - Install Linux from DVD ISO
09 - Install Linux Guest Additions
10 - Virtual machine snapshots
11 - Finish lab set up
12 - Create a private network in VirtualBox
13 - Reconfigure or migrate CentOS

1. Introduction to IT Automation

14 - About IT automation
15 - Ansible concepts
16 - About provisioning
17 - About configuration management
18 - About app deployment
19 - About orchestration

2. Getting Started with Ansible

20 - Host requirements
21 - Install Ansible on the control node
22 - Prepare managed nodes
23 - View Ansible Documentation

3. Setting Up an Ansible Environment

24 - Build static inventory
25 - Work with dynamic inventory
26 - Manage Ansible configuration files

4. Using Ad Hoc Commands

27 - Introduction to ad-hoc commands
28 - Targeting hosts with patterns
29 - Manage files and packages
30 - Restart servers and services
31 - Manage users
32 - Gather data

5. Ansible Command Line Tools

33 - Manage connection methods
34 - Use the Ansible command
35 - View Ansible configuration
36 - Use the Ansible console
37 - Show Ansible inventory
38 - Run Ansible playbooks

Summary

39 - Next steps