Virtual

Ansible for Windows Automation Workshop Series

March 8, 2022 - March 9, 20222:00 PM - 4:00 PM(GMT-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

This instructor-led workshop is intended for people who want to learn the basics of Ansible® Automation including the Ansible Automation Platform to automate Windows environments. This hands-on workshop details utilizing Windows modules with Ansible Playbooks, authoring playbooks using Visual Studio Code, commit and push playbooks to a git repository and then later automating them with the Ansible Automation Platform.

Join if you have never tried Red Hat® Ansible Automation for Windows environments.

Who can benefit?

This workshop is geared toward windows administrators, cloud administrators, DevOps engineers, security professionals and anyone interested in windows automation.

Requirements for attendees

There is no student prep work required prior to the workshop. All automation for this workshop is executed from Automation Controller and there are minimal client requirements for students to interact with the workshop such that students only need a compatible browser.

Agenda

Day 1, March 8th

  • What is Ansible and The Ansible Way
  • How Ansible works and its key components
  • Ansible Automation Platform demo
  • Hands-on: Configuring automation controller
  • Hands-on: Ad-hoc commands
  • Review and preview of Day 2

Day 2, March 9th

  • Welcome back
  • Hands-on: Writing your first playbook
  • Hands-on: Creating and running automation projects
  • Hands-on: More advanced playbooks
  • Hands-on: Roles - Making your playbooks reusable
  • Wrap up

Extras at your own pace:

  • Using Chocolatey to install and manage packages
  • Building end-to-end workflows.

Virtual workshop series details

Date: March 8 - 9, 2022

Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET

Any questions? Please email efranco@redhat.com

Introduction & settle-in  
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. -- MORNING SESSIONS
  • Introduction to Ansible
  • Running Ad-hoc Commands
  • Writing Your First Playbook
  • Using Variables
  • Conditionals, Handlers and Loops
  • Building Templates
  • Roles
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. -- LUNCH  
1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. -- AFTERNOON SESSIONS
  • Introduction to Tower
  • Inventories
  • Credentials
  • Ad-Hoc commands
  • Projects
  • Job Templates
  • Using the Survey Feature
  • Role Based Access Control
  • Workflows

Location
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Speaker

Patrick Toal, Senior Solutions Architect, Red Hat

Patrick Toal, Senior Solutions Architect, Red Hat

Patrick Toal is a Sr. Solutions Architect at Red Hat Canada with a passion for automation.  He has a 20 year background in Service Provider scale Network and Architecture design.  Today, with the power of Ansible Automation, he helps organizations adopt modern IT practices to become more agile, more competitive, and scale faster.