ProLUG 101
Unit 14 Worksheet

Instructions
Fill out this sheet as you progress through the lab and discussions. Hold onto all of your work to send to me at the end of the course.

Discussion Questions:

Unit 14 Discussion Post 1: Refer to your Unit 5 scan of the systems. You know that Ansible is a tool that you want to maintain in the environment. Review this online documentation: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory_guide/intro_inventory.html

1.Make an inventory of the servers, grouped any way you like.
2.What format did you choose to use for your inventory?
3.What other things might you include later in your inventory to make it more useful?

Unit 14 Discussion Post 2: You have been noticing drift on your server configurations, so you want a way to generate a report on them every day to validate the configurations are the same. Use any lab in here to find ideas: https://killercoda.com/het-tanis/course/Ansible-Labs Use this webhook to send your relevant data out to our sandbox. https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1317659221604433951/uyKpuq8fNNNSEyCra4n33PakIBk-XtTn1WrwTpHs9BcgkIu7URPV_Gd5HJCRX0_EJVUT

Unit 14 Discussion Post 3: Using ansible module for git, pull down this repo: https://github.com/het-tanis/HPC_Deploy.git

1.How is the repo setup?
2.What is in the roles directory?
3.How are these playbooks called, and how do roles differ from tasks?

Definitions/Terminology

Automation
Consistency
Dev/Ops
Timeliness
Git
Repository
Ad-hoc
Playbook
Task
Role
SSH
WinRM

Notes During Lecture/Class:

Links:

Terms:

Useful tools:
- Spyder ide

Lab and Assignment
Unit 14 Lab Automation

Continue working on your project from the Project Guide

Topics:
1.System Stability
2.System Performance
3.System Security
4.System monitoring
5.Kubernetes
6.Programming/Automation

You will research, design, deploy, and document a system that improves your administration of Linux systems in some way.

Digging Deeper (optional)

1.I have a large amount of labs to get you started on your Ansible Journey (all free): https://killercoda.com/het-tanis/course/Ansible-Labs
2.Find projects from our channel Ansible-Code, in Discord and find something that is interesting to you.
3.Use Ansible to access secrets from Hashicorp Vault: https://killercoda.com/het-tanis/course/Hashicorp-Labs/004-vault-read-secrets-ansible

Reflection Questions

1.What questions do you still have about this week?
2.How can you apply this now in your current role in IT? If you’re not in IT, how can you look to put something like this into your resume or portfolio?