RedHat Advanced Automation Ansible best practices certification

Overview

On this accelerated Advanced Automation: Red Hat Ansible Best Practices (DO374) course is designed for automation content developers to leverage the new, container focused tools from Red Hat® Ansible Automation Platform to efficiently develop automation that can be managed by the automation controller. Learn recommended practices for automation development using reusable code, advanced playbook techniques, shared execution environments, and preparing for scalable automation with the automation content navigator.

This course is based on Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2.

In just 5 days, you’ll learn how to:

Leverage capabilities of the automation content navigator to develop Ansible Playbooks.
Apply recommended practices for effective and efficient automation with Ansible.
Use advanced features of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to work with data, including filters and plugins.
Perform automation operations as rolling updates.
Create automation execution environments to bundle and distribute the dependencies needed to run automation code.

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the RedHat exam, and achieve your Advanced Automation: Red Hat Ansible Best Practices certification. Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

Audience

This course is ideal for:

Users who create automation content, including these roles:
- Developers
- DevOps engineers
- Linux system administrators
- Other IT professionals with basic expertise using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to automate, provision, configure, and deploy applications and services in a Linux environment

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Four reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

You'll be trained and certified faster. Learn more on this 5-day accelerated course. You'll get at least 12 hours a day of quality learning time in a distraction-free environment
Your course is all-inclusive. One simple price covers all course materials, exams, accommodation and meals – so you can focus on learning
Pass first time or train again for free. Your expert instructor will deliver our unique accelerated learning methods, allowing you to learn faster and be in the best possible position to pass first time. In the unlikely event that you don't, it's covered by your Certification Guarantee
Study with an award-winning training provider. We've won the Learning and Performance Institute's "Training Company of the Year" three times. Firebrand is your fastest way to learn, with 134561 students saving more than one million hours since 2001

Benefits

Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals

* For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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Curriculum

Module 1: Develop Playbooks with Ansible Automation Platform 2

Develop Ansible Playbooks with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 following recommended practices.

Module 2: Manage Content Collections and Execution Environments

Run playbooks that use content collections not included in ansible-core, either from an existing execution environment or by downloading them from the automation hub.

Module 3: Run Playbooks with Automation Controller

Explain what automation controller is and use it to run playbooks that you developed with automation content navigator.

Module 4: Work with Ansible Configuration Settings

Examine and adjust the configuration of Ansible and automation content navigator to simplify development and to troubleshoot issues.

Module 5: Manage Inventories

Manage inventories by using advanced features of Ansible.

Module 6: Manage Task Execution

Control and optimize the execution of tasks by Ansible Playbooks.

Module 7: Transform Data with Filters and Plugins

Populate, manipulate, and manage data in variables using filters and plugins.

Module 8: Coordinate Rolling Updates

Use advanced features of Ansible to manage rolling updates in order to minimize downtime and to ensure maintainability and simplicity of Ansible Playbooks.

Module 9: Create Content Collections and Execution Environments

Write your own Ansible Content Collections, publish them, embed them in a custom execution environment, and run them in playbooks by using automation controller.

Exam Track

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll achieve your Advanced Automation: Red Hat Ansible Best Practices Certification.

What's Included

Your accelerated course includes:

Accommodation *
Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
On-site exams **
Exam vouchers **
Practice tests **
Certification Guarantee ***
Courseware
Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
24-hour lab access
Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

Before attending this accelerated course, you should:

Be a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE®) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or later, or demonstrate equivalent Ansible experience

Unsure whether you meet the prerequisites? Don’t worry. Your training consultant will discuss your background with you to understand if this course is right for you.

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Course Dates

Start	Finish	Status	Location
26.8.2024 (Monday)	30.8.2024 (Friday)	Finished - Leave feedback	-

10.2.2025 (Monday)	14.2.2025 (Friday)	Limited availability	Nationwide
24.3.2025 (Monday)	28.3.2025 (Friday)	Open	Nationwide
5.5.2025 (Monday)	9.5.2025 (Friday)	Open	Nationwide
16.6.2025 (Monday)	20.6.2025 (Friday)	Open	Nationwide

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