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Advance Automation: Playbooks, Roles & Workflow Automation

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Advance Automation: Playbooks, Roles & Workflow Automation

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1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Write and manage Ansible playbooks with tasks, handlers, and modular scripts.

  • Implement variables, templates, conditionals, and loops to create dynamic automation.

  • Organize automation using roles and manage environments with inventories.

  • Apply best practices for building scalable, maintainable, and idempotent workflows.

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12 assignments

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This course is part of the Ansible Automation: From Fundamentals to Enterprise Specialization
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There are 3 modules in this course

Step into the next level of IT automation with Playbooks, Roles, and Workflow Automation — an intermediate course designed to help you scale Ansible automation with cleaner, reusable, and enterprise-ready workflows. Whether you’re a system administrator managing complex infrastructures or a DevOps professional streamlining deployments, this course takes you beyond the basics to build automation that is reliable, structured, and production-ready.

Through practical examples, guided videos, and hands-on exercises, you’ll learn how to design and manage Ansible playbooks, implement roles, work with variables and templates, and manage multi-environment workflows. This course emphasizes real-world problem-solving to help you automate at scale with confidence and precision. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Write and manage Ansible playbooks with tasks, handlers, and modular scripts. - Implement variables, templates, conditionals, and loops to create dynamic automation. - Organize automation using roles and manage environments with inventories. - Apply best practices for building scalable, maintainable, and idempotent workflows. This course is ideal for: - System administrators and IT engineers managing medium-to-large-scale infrastructures. - DevOps professionals looking to build reusable, team-friendly automation frameworks. - Cloud and infrastructure engineers deploying services across multiple environments. - Learners who have completed Foundations of Ansible Automation and want to deepen their expertise. Note: This is Course 2 of the specialization series. Basic knowledge of Ansible playbooks is recommended from Course 1, but no advanced experience is required. Disclaimer: This course is an independent educational resource developed by Board Infinity and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially associated with International Business Machines Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. This course is not an official preparation material of International Business Machines Corporation. All trademarks, service marks, and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification purposes only.

This module introduces learners to writing Ansible playbooks from scratch and managing playbook execution with tasks, handlers, and modular scripts. Learners will explore syntax, task flow, execution control, and common debugging practices essential for reliable automation.

What's included

9 videos4 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt1 plugin

9 videos•Total 33 minutes
  • Anatomy of an Ansible Playbook•4 minutes
  • Writing Your First Playbook•4 minutes
  • Using Modules Effectively•4 minutes
  • Working with Handlers and Notifications•5 minutes
  • Controlling Task Execution with Tags•4 minutes
  • Debugging Playbooks: Tools and Tricks•4 minutes
  • Understanding Idempotence in Automation•4 minutes
  • Dry Runs and Check Mode for Safer Deployments•3 minutes
  • Validating Task Success and Logging Results•3 minutes
4 readings•Total 55 minutes
  • Course Syllabus•10 minutes
  • Read More: From Blueprint to Reality: Crafting Your First Automation Story•15 minutes
  • Read More: The Art of Flawless Automation: Directing Your Playbook's Flow•15 minutes
  • Read More: The Automation Golden Rule: Building Trust with Idempotence and Validation•15 minutes
4 assignments•Total 105 minutes
  • Graded Quiz - Writing and Managing Playbooks•60 minutes
  • Practice Quiz - Introduction to Playbooks•15 minutes
  • Practice Quiz - Managing Playbook Execution•15 minutes
  • Practice Quiz - Ensuring Reliability and Idempotence•15 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Meet and Greet•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
  • Quick Course Check-In•5 minutes

This module covers dynamic automation using variables, facts, and templates. Learners will also explore conditional logic, loops, and data manipulation using Jinja2 templating and YAML dictionaries.

What's included

7 videos3 readings4 assignments

7 videos•Total 25 minutes
  • Understanding Variable Types in Ansible•4 minutes
  • Using Facts to Drive Automation Decisions•4 minutes
  • Organizing and Reusing Variables•4 minutes
  • Intro to Jinja2 Templating•4 minutes
  • Creating Dynamic Config Files with Templates•4 minutes
  • Conditional Execution with When•4 minutes
  • Using Loops to Simplify Repetitive Tasks•2 minutes
3 readings•Total 45 minutes
  • Read More About Working with Variables and Facts•15 minutes
  • Read More About Templating with Jinja2•15 minutes
  • Read More About Loops, Conditionals, and Handlers•15 minutes
4 assignments•Total 105 minutes
  • Graded Quiz - Variables, Templates, and Logic Control•60 minutes
  • Practice Quiz - Working with Variables and Facts•15 minutes
  • Practice Quiz - Templating with Jinja2•15 minutes
  • Practice Quiz - Loops, Conditionals, and Handlers•15 minutes

This module explains how to structure large automation projects using roles and inventories. Learners will also explore environment-specific automation across dev, staging, and production systems.

What's included

7 videos3 readings4 assignments

7 videos•Total 27 minutes
  • Introduction to Roles and Their Structure•4 minutes
  • Building and Reusing Roles in Playbooks•4 minutes
  • Static and Dynamic Inventory Explained•4 minutes
  • Grouping Hosts and Applying Variables•4 minutes
  • Best Practices for Inventory Files•4 minutes
  • Dev, Test, Prod: Running in Different Environments•2 minutes
  • Using Tags and Extra Variables per Environment•5 minutes
3 readings•Total 45 minutes
  • Read More About Organizing Automation with Roles•15 minutes
  • Read More About Managing Inventories and Groups•15 minutes
  • Read More About Multi-Environment Automation•15 minutes
4 assignments•Total 105 minutes
  • Graded Quiz - Roles, Inventories, and Environments•60 minutes
  • Practice Quiz - Organizing Automation with Roles•15 minutes
  • Practice Quiz - Managing Inventories and Groups•15 minutes
  • Practice Quiz - Multi-Environment Automation•15 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

Yes, basic knowledge from Foundations of Ansible Automation (Course 1) is recommended.

You’ll learn to write playbooks, use variables, build roles, and automate workflows at scale.

System admins, DevOps professionals, and cloud engineers looking to advance their automation skills.

It’s fully practical with demos, exercises, and real-world automation examples.

No, you only need basic YAML understanding and IT/Linux familiarity.

You’ll need Ansible installed on a Linux system or VM, which is guided in the course.

It’s the second step, preparing you for advanced roles, inventories, and enterprise workflows in Course 3.

Yes, the course focuses on enterprise-ready automation techniques directly applicable at work.

To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.

When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.

Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.

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