Windows Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform workshop

Who is this workshop best for?

This workshop guides you through configuring Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform automation controller to connect to Windows Server instances for automating various operational tasks. Once Ansible Automation Platform automation controller is configured, you’ll start automating simple tasks, and then progress to more advanced use cases such as patching and using third-party solutions to enhance automation (Chocolatey). There are minimal client requirements to interact with the workshop—you only need a compatible web browser. This workshop has minimal 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

Requirements for attendees

• Attendees must come with 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.

Agenda

Introduction and settle in

Morning sessions (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

• Introduction and configuration of automation controller
• Introduction to ad hoc commands
• Intro to playbooks
• Automation controller projects

Lunch (12:00 PM - 12:45 PM)

Afternoon sessions  (12:45 pm - 3:00 PM)

• Advanced playbooks
• Ansible roles
• Windows workflow
• Closing