Cloud · intermediate
Ansible Automation
Automate infrastructure configuration with Ansible. Learn playbooks, roles, inventory, variables, Vault secrets, and CI/CD integration for agentless automation at scale.
- 2 hours
- 10 lessons
- 3 modules
- updated August 2026
Module 1 freeNo credit cardFull course from $8.99/mo
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Ansible Core Concepts
Ansible automates configuration management, application deployment, and orchestration. Agentless — connects via SSH (Linux) or WinRM (Windows). Written in YAML (playbooks). Agentless config management: SSH to nodes, run…
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curriculum
3 modules, 10 lessons
Module 1 is free — lessons, hands-on walkthrough and quiz.
- readAnsible Core Concepts12 min
- videoAnsible Tutorial for Beginners22 min
- hands-onAnsible CLI20 min
- quizQuiz: Ansible Basics8 min
how it's built
Built by the CloudaQube team
No celebrity instructor — here is exactly what goes into the course instead.
- 01 1 guided hands-on walkthroughs you run in a real environment.
- 02 3 module quizzes — every answer comes with an explanation.
- 03 Last updated August 2026.
- 04 Any module can become a hands-on lab in Labs Studio.
outcomes
What you'll be able to do
- 01 Write Ansible playbooks for configuration management
- 02 Use roles for reusable automation
- 03 Manage secrets with Ansible Vault
- 04 Write dynamic inventories for cloud environments
- 05 Integrate Ansible with CI/CD pipelines
before you start
- — Linux command line
- — Basic YAML knowledge
- — SSH fundamentals
questions
Before you start
How long does it take?
About 2 hours of lessons, videos and hands-on walkthroughs across 3 modules.
What’s free?
Module 1 in full — lessons, hands-on walkthrough and quiz — with no card required. Any paid plan (from $8.99/mo) unlocks all 3 modules, and starts with a 14-day free trial.
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