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Infrastructure Automation with Ansible
In today's complex and fast-paced IT landscape, the need for automation has never been greater. Organizations of all sizes are looking for solutions that can streamline their operations, enhance efficiency, and reduce errors. Ansible stands
out as a powerful automation tool, hitting the mark on several key points that make it an ideal choice for teams of all backgrounds and expertise levels.
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Achieve OWASP Compliance Through BIG-IP AWAF
Systems are at higher risk without a concerted, repeatable application security configuration process. In this lab, you will learn how to build a declarative AWAF policy and achieve OWASP Top Ten (2021) compliance with the BIG-IP OWASP Compliance Dashboard. A complete CI/CD pipeline is used to deploy our AWAF policy to the BIG-IP system using Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) and Ansible.
Examples of High-impact Automations Across IT Infrastructure Volume 2
We are back with some new automation use cases for you to read about! And we are turning this into a series of ATC Insights (volumes) dedicated to exposing different automation techniques we use in the Advanced Technology Center (ATC).
The Future of Intent-based Networking and Multi-domain Architectures: Part III
The last in a series of articles exploring intent-based networking, this article focuses on the art of the possible as it pertains to linking all the disparate SDN domains.
CICD for Automation Engineers
This lab is a component of the Infrastructure Automation Automated Testing learning path in the Infrastructure Automation with Ansible Learning Series. The goal of this learning path is to provide hands-on and practical exposure to the concepts of implementing Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery.
The lab will utilize Gitea as the Source Code Manager (SCM) which includes Gitea Actions for executing CICD Workflows. Gitea Actions map almost identically to GitHub actions so the Gitea specific knowledge gained maps directly to GitHub implementations. The general concepts learn through this lab are also valuable and applicable across other implementations.
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CICD for Automation Engineers
This lab is a component of the Infrastructure Automation Automated Testing learning path in the Infrastructure Automation with Ansible Learning Series. The goal of this learning path is to provide hands-on and practical exposure to the concepts of implementing Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery.
The lab will utilize Gitea as the Source Code Manager (SCM) which includes Gitea Actions for executing CICD Workflows. Gitea Actions map almost identically to GitHub actions so the Gitea specific knowledge gained maps directly to GitHub implementations. The general concepts learn through this lab are also valuable and applicable across other implementations.
Ansible Ad hoc Commands Introduction
Run your first real Ansible automation with ad hoc commands — single-task, one-off commands executed straight from the CLI, no playbook required. This lab covers what they are and where they shine: quick triage during an outage, checking error counters, rebooting or restarting services across a group of devices, or pushing a fast patch. It's the most direct way to get hands-on with Ansible before building out full playbooks.
Ansible Engine Setup Introduction
This video introduces Ansible as an automation tool — why its simple, human-readable YAML playbooks make it accessible across teams, and how its agentless, SSH-based architecture lets it manage systems without installing anything on them. Ansible excels at automating repetitive tasks and orchestrating complex workflows across many systems, making it an ideal way to manage your infrastructure as code across its full lifecycle. At the simplest level, its architecture consists of control nodes — the computers running Ansible — and managed nodes, the devices in your infrastructure you're automating. Managed nodes get added to your inventory and fed into the control node through a playbook: the playbook defines what you want to automate, and the inventory defines where. You'll also see how modules, plugins, and the CLI tie into that same workflow...
In the first lab, "Ansible Engine Setup", you'll set up your Ansible development environment on an Ubuntu jump host, then write and run your first playbook to automatically back up configurations across simulated Cisco IOS-XE and NX-OS routers
Ansible Development Tools MCP Server
The learner is guided through the installation, configuration, and operations of the Ansible Dev Tools MCP Server. The lab guide walks through using the Ansible Dev Tools MCP server to build an ansible role, validate it against ansible-lint rules and best practices, and ultimately publish it as trusted content.
Building an Automation Framework
Discover the transformative potential of automation with our comprehensive Automation Framework. By integrating industry-leading tools like NetBox and Ansible, we streamline operations, enhance cross-functional collaboration and drive innovation. This framework empowers organizations to achieve strategic goals, optimize AI integration and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Infrastructure Automation with Ansible
In today's complex and fast-paced IT landscape, the need for automation has never been greater. Organizations of all sizes are looking for solutions that can streamline their operations, enhance efficiency, and reduce errors. Ansible stands
out as a powerful automation tool, hitting the mark on several key points that make it an ideal choice for teams of all backgrounds and expertise levels.
Ansible Execution Environments
This module is a component of the "Infrastructure Automation with Ansible Automation Platform" learning path. The consumer of this lab will understand what execution environments are, how to build them, and how they are used.
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Achieve OWASP Compliance Through BIG-IP AWAF
Systems are at higher risk without a concerted, repeatable application security configuration process. In this lab, you will learn how to build a declarative AWAF policy and achieve OWASP Top Ten (2021) compliance with the BIG-IP OWASP Compliance Dashboard. A complete CI/CD pipeline is used to deploy our AWAF policy to the BIG-IP system using Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) and Ansible.
Dell PowerStore Ansible Lab: Module 4 - Invoke Snapshot
Welcome to the Dell PowerStore Ansible Lab video series. We'll walk through how to automate your PowerStore arrays leveraging Ansible inside our on-demand lab.
Dell PowerStore Ansible Lab: Module 2 - Provision Storage
Welcome to the Dell PowerStore Ansible Lab video series. We'll walk through how to automate your PowerStore arrays leveraging Ansible inside our on-demand lab.
Dell PowerStore Ansible Lab: Introduction
Welcome to the Dell PowerStore Ansible Lab video series. We'll walk through how to automate your PowerStore arrays leveraging Ansible inside our on-demand lab.
Dell PowerStore Ansible Lab: Module 3 - Provision Hosts
Welcome to the Dell PowerStore Ansible Lab video series. We'll walk through how to automate your PowerStore arrays leveraging Ansible inside our on-demand lab.
Dell PowerStore Ansible Lab: Module 5 - Remove Hosts and Storage
Welcome to the Dell PowerStore Ansible Lab video series. We'll walk through how to automate your PowerStore arrays leveraging Ansible inside our on-demand lab.
Dell PowerStore Ansible Lab Overview
This playlist goes along with the on-demand Dell EMC PowerStore Ansible Lab. Follow the instructions in the first video to get access to one of the on-demand labs.
Partner POV | IBM watsonx Code Assistant's Latest Expansion in Infrastructure Automation
IBM watsonx Code Assistant is setting out to further expand its IT Automation capabilities to include Terraform, enhancing infrastructure management across the software lifecycle.
The Future of Intent-based Networking and Multi-domain Architectures: Part II
The second in our series, this article explores what intent-based networking (IBN) is and how organizations can leverage it to build multi-domain architectures.
The Future of Intent-based Networking and Multi-domain Architectures: Part I
This series of articles will explore what intent-based networking (IBN) is and how organizations can leverage it to build multi-domain architectures. As more organizations embrace these architectures, WWT is seeing a change in networking the likes which haven't been seen in many years.
The Future of Intent-based Networking and Multi-domain Architectures: Part III
The last in a series of articles exploring intent-based networking, this article focuses on the art of the possible as it pertains to linking all the disparate SDN domains.
Building Network Automation into Your Organization
An enterprise-wide automation framework must benefit the individual first. But how can this be accomplished within a large organization?
Infrastructure Automation Source of Truth
The Infrastructure Automation Source of Truth learning path is designed to teach infrastructure engineers the critical concepts of managing data for their automation. This learning path will help you understand what a Source of Truth is and what considerations you account for when building your Source of Truth.
Following the Source of Truth overview, you will dive into two specific Source of Truth solutions: Text File-based Source of Truth and NetBox as a Source of Truth.
In the Text File SoT section, you will learn how to use a files-based source of truth in your automation effectively. This module will guide you through different methods of managing and consuming text files as a source of automation data.
The NetBox module is designed to teach you how to interface with NetBox as a source of truth for variable data and inventory.
The hands-on labs for file-based and NetBox SoT are packed with guided challenges to deliver practical practice for the concepts covered.