Learn to install Ansible, manage inventories, and write playbooks to automate infrastructure — no coding skills needed.
Ansible is one of the most popular open-source IT automation tools, used by teams worldwide to deploy applications, manage configurations, and orchestrate infrastructure — all without writing custom scripts or installing agents on remote systems. This course gives you a practical foundation in Ansible's core components. You'll start by setting up a local Ansible environment using VirtualBox, installing Ansible, and learning the YAML syntax that powers every Ansible configuration. From there, you'll learn how to build and organize inventory files that define the hosts Ansible manages, including inventory formats and group hierarchies. In the second half of the course, you'll write Ansible playbooks — structured YAML files that orchestrate tasks across your inventory. You'll also explore commonly used Ansible modules for managing packages, files, services, and more. Every topic is reinforced with hands-on labs you can practice directly in your browser. Who this is for: Aspiring DevOps engineers, system administrators, and IT professionals who want a practical starting point with automation. No programming or prior Ansible experience is required — just basic familiarity with IT concepts.
