Automate Windows SysAdmin tasks with Ansible in 50+ examples

Description

In this course, you will learn :

• Ansible code by modules
• Automate System Administrator tasks with Ansible
• Automate tasks on Windows
• Ansible in real life use cases

Syllabus :

1. Ansible Playbook Statements

• Playbooks
• Variables
• Facts and magic variables
• Vault
• Conditional
• Loop
• Handler
• How to Run Only One Task in Ansible Playbook? Ansible tags statement

 

2. Install Ansible

• Ansible terminology: ansible vs ansible core packages
• How to install Ansible in Windows 10 WSL Windows Subsystem for Linux
• How to install Ansible in Windows 11 WSL Windows Subsystem for Linux
• How to install Ansible with PIP
• Test Windows host availability - Ansible module win_ping

 

3. Ansible Playbook code for Windows

• Configure a Windows Host for Ansible; ansible winrm
• Create an empty file in Windows like systems; Ansible module win_file
• Check if a file exists on Windows like systems; Ansible module win_stat
• Install Windows software: Ansible module win_chocolatey Preview
• Copy files to Windows remote hosts: Local to Remote Ansible module win_copy
• Copy files from Windows remote hosts: Ansible module fetch
• Reboot Windows hosts Ansible module win_reboot
• Install Google Chrome in Windows like systems; Ansible module win_chocolatey
• Install Docker in Windows like systems; Ansible module win_chocolatey
• Extract an archive in Windows like systems; Ansible module win_unzip
• Download a file in Windows like systems; Ansible module win_get_url
• Create a directory on Windows like systems; Ansible module win_file
• Check if a directory exists on Windows like systems; Ansible module win_stat
• Check Registry .NET Framework version on Windows like systems; Ansible module w
• Rolling Update Windows like systems; Ansible module win_updates
• Add Windows Registry on Windows like systems; Ansible module win_regedit
• Remove Windows Registry path or key on Windows like systems; Ansible module win
• Create a local user on Windows like systems; Ansible module win_user
• Create a local group on Windows like systems; Ansible module win_group
• Remove a local user on Windows like systems; Ansible module win_user
• Change local user password on Windows like systems; Ansible module win_user
• Backup With Robocopy on Windows; Ansible module win_robocopy
• Ansible modules; win_command vs win_shell
• Remove a local group on Windows like systems; Ansible module win_group

 

4. Ansible Troubleshooting of the most common errors

• Ansible troubleshooting; PowerShell incompatible with the sudo become plugin
• Ansible troubleshooting; Windows 10 Error 0x80370102 WSL: WindowsSubsystemLinux
• Ansible troubleshooting; Windows 11 Error 0x80370102 WSL: Windows Subsystem for
• Ansible troubleshooting; Module Failure on Windows target
• Ansible troubleshooting; Unhandled exception while executing module win_user

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