Infrastructure Automation Source of Truth - Text Files

Text files like YAML and JSON can make a great source of truth for your automation's intent data!

This learning module focuses on using text files as a source of truth in automation. This module aims to help you understand why you might use files-based SoT and present you with efficient and effective methods for organizing file-based data.  You will also learn how to access and consume that data in your automation workflows. Finally, this learning module will wrap up with data schema validation specifically for text files to help ensure your data is appropriately formatted and typed before inserting it into your automation.

• Learn how to structure the Ansible Inventory
• Consume text file data using vars_files
• Consume text file data using include_vars
• Read CSV Files 
• Learn to use Visual Studio Code for real-time schema validation
• Learn to use git pre-commit hooks for schema validation

• Ubuntu Linux
• Ansible Engine
• Visual Studio Code
• Cisco CSR Routers