Ansible Basics

This course provides a beginner-friendly introduction to Ansible, explaining what it is, how it works, and how it can be used to automate common IT and infrastructure tasks. It is designed to help learners understand the basic purpose of Ansible, its key capabilities, and the benefits it offers for configuration management, automation, and repeatable deployments. The course starts with the fundamentals, including how to install Ansible and set up the required environment. From there, you will learn how to begin working with Ansible step by step, leading up to writing and running your first Ansible playbook. Based on Ansible 2.7, this course gives you a practical foundation for getting started with automation using Ansible and prepares you to explore more advanced automation concepts in the future.