Ansible development tools and AI workshop or Cloud automation workshop

OVERVIEW

We are offering two different workshops to choose from.

Ansible development tools and AI workshop

Join us on a transformative journey tailored for Ansible® automation engineers and application developers in this dynamic workshop. From crafting Ansible Playbooks and Roles to curating Ansible Content Collections, participants will delve into the intricacies of these key components, gaining invaluable insights into effective distribution strategies within their organizations.

This immersive workshop is designed to resonate with the diverse needs of both Ansible automation engineers and application developers. The Ansible developer experience includes numerous capabilities to aid in the creation of Ansible automation content, featuring dedicated tools such as the Ansible plugin for Microsoft Visual Studio Code. Additionally, participants will explore generative AI integrations, exemplified by the Red Hat® Ansible Lightspeed with Watsonx Code Assistant.

Upon completing this hands-on lab, participants will be equipped and empowered to leverage Ansible content tools embedded in their Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform subscription. Prepare to unlock new dimensions in automation proficiency and seamlessly integrate these tools into your workflow for enhanced efficiency and productivity.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: This workshop is focused on the automation development capabilities of Ansible and is highly focused on using an IDE (Integrated Development Environment), Visual Studio Code, as well as other various CLI tools that run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux®. It is highly encouraged to attend the Ansible Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workshop before attending this workshop

Who is this workshop best for?

Anyone who is currently writing Ansible automation content such as Ansible Playbooks. This includes the Ansible for Red Hat Enterprise Linux personas including DevOps engineers, operations engineers, systems engineers, release engineers, system administrators, developers, operations staff, network engineers, security professionals, and anyone interested in IT automation.

Agenda:

The workshop will cover:
Introduction + workshop brief
Get started with ansible-builder
Introduction to Red Hat ightspeed and lab brief
Get started with Ansible Lightspeed with IBM watsonx Code Assistant

Attendee Prerequisites

Student has one (1) of the following
Student has completed the Ansible Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workshop
Student has completed the Write your first playbook interactive lab
Student has completed the Red Hat training course Ansible Basics: Automation Technical Overview
A basic understanding of working with Linux systems
A basic understanding of Visual Studio Code. [Available for MacOS, Windows and Linux]
Attendees must bring/use a laptop with ADMIN rights and the ability to SSH to a lab environment hosted in a public cloud.
Must bring/use a laptop with Chrome 73+, Firefox 60+, Edge 40+, or Safari 12+installed.
There is no student prep work required prior to the workshop.

Cloud automation workshop

Are you new to cloud automation? Join us to learn how Ansible Automation Platform can help you orchestrate, operationalize and govern your hybrid cloud environments. This workshop will primarily focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS) as an example of a public cloud for several use cases. Use cases will include infrastructure visibility, compliance, and Infrastructure optimization.

Find out how Ansible can start helping you tame your hybrid cloud deployments today.

Agenda:

Infrastructure visibility - In this lab, we will illustrate how we can retrieve Ansible facts (key, value pairs), also known as structured data, from public clouds and how we can use this data to provide us awareness of our cloud footprint easily.
Cloud operations - This lab will illustrate how Ansible Automation Platform can help you automate common day-2 cloud operations tasks across your public cloud. Our focus here will be on AWS, but the use cases here are ones you can extend across the hybrid cloud.
Infrastructure optimization - In this lab, we will guide you in understanding some basic optimization exercises that can help you tame your public clouds
Terraforming clouds with Ansible (optional) - In this lab we explore the basics of Terraform and how we can use it to deploy infrastructure. We then take it up a level by introducing Ansible's Automation controller and simplify the creation of this infrastructure as well as bring the all important post-provisioning tasks which we all need to do when infrastructure is being configured. This lab will get you creating infrastructure with Terraform and Automation controller in no time.

Who is this workshop best for?

This workshop is intended for people who want to learn the basics of cloud automation and understand how
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform can help you orchestrate, operationalize and govern your hybrid cloud environments.

This workshop requires students to have beginner level knowledge of common public cloud terminology and limited to no knowledge of Ansible. If you have always wanted to know more about cloud automation and Ansible Automation Platform, this workshop is for you.

Virtual workshop details

Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Date: February 26, 2025

Any questions? Please email infrastructure@redhat.com

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Ansible development tools and AI workshop or
Cloud automation workshop