Ansible for Windows Automation Workshop

Who is this workshop best for?

This workshop guides you through configuring Ansible® automation controller to connect to Windows Server instances for automating various operational tasks. Once Ansible automation controller is configured, you will start with automating simple tasks and then progress to more advanced use cases such as patching and leveraging third-party solutions to enhance automation (Chocolatey). There are minimal client requirements for you to interact with the workshop because you only need a compatible Web browser. This workshop has reduced requirements for Linux® knowledge and other command line tools.

Join this workshop if you have always wanted to try Ansible Automation Platform for Windows environments.

Who Can Benefit?

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

What we will cover in this workshop:

• Introduction to Ansible automation
• How Ansible works for Windows automation
• Understanding Ansible modules and playbooks
• Using Ansible Tower to scale automation to the enterprise
• Reusing automation with Ansible Roles

Requirements for attendees

• Attendees must have a laptop with admin rights and the ability to SSH to a lab environment hosted in a public cloud.
• Attendees should have working knowledge of using SSH and command line shell (BASH) as well as a conceptual understanding of linux system administration (how to use simple commands like cd, ls, mv, mkdir, etc).
• Attendees should have working knowledge of at least one Linux text editor (nano, pico, vi/vim, zile, emacs) with which to write Ansible playbooks.