Ansible Automation | Training

📚 Advanced 45 hours 🏷️ DevOps 👨‍🏫 TBA

Exam Code EX294

Level Advanced

Duration 45 hours

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Overview

Course Overview

Ansible is one of the most widely used tools for automating IT infrastructure, system administration, application deployment, and DevOps tasks. Instead of configuring servers manually one by one, Ansible allows administrators and engineers to define what they want to achieve and automate the work across many systems.

This course takes you from Ansible fundamentals to practical enterprise automation. You will learn how Ansible works, how to create inventories, connect to managed servers, use modules, write Playbooks, manage variables and facts, use conditions and loops, create reusable Roles, work with Content Collections, and protect sensitive information with Ansible Vault.

You will also learn practical automation for common Linux administration tasks, including users and groups, packages, services, files, storage, firewall configuration, scheduled tasks, and application deployment.

The course includes hands-on labs using Linux systems and focuses on the skills tested in the Red Hat EX294 performance-based exam. Red Hat's current EX294 objectives include Ansible inventories, modules, variables, facts, loops, conditions, Playbooks, Roles, Collections, Vault, managed-node configuration, SSH, privilege escalation, Git, ansible-navigator, and automation of common system-administration tasks.

What You'll Learn

Linux command line mastery
User and group management
File permissions and security
Networking configuration
Storage & LVM management
SELinux security
System services with systemd
Troubleshooting techniques
Bash scripting automation
Container management with Podman
System performance monitoring
Exam preparation

📋 What You'll Be Able To Do ▼

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Understand Ansible and infrastructure automation.
Install and configure Ansible.
Build and manage Ansible inventories.
Connect Ansible to Linux managed nodes.
Configure SSH and privilege escalation.
Use Ansible ad hoc commands.
Understand and use Ansible modules.
Write professional Ansible Playbooks.
Work with variables, facts, conditions, and loops.
Handle errors and failed tasks.
Use handlers and notifications.
Manage users, groups, files, packages, and services.
Automate Linux system administration.
Create reusable Ansible Roles.
Use Ansible Content Collections.
Protect sensitive information with Ansible Vault.
Use Git for basic automation source control.
Use ansible-playbook and ansible-navigator.
Work with execution environments.
Automate application deployment.
Troubleshoot Ansible automation.
Build real-world automation projects.
Prepare for the Red Hat EX294 exam.

Curriculum

Course Curriculum

Structured learning from fundamentals to advanced administration

📚 Module 1 — Introduction to Ansible ▼

What is Ansible?
Why IT automation matters
Configuration management
Infrastructure automation
Ansible vs. traditional administration
Ansible architecture
Control nodes
Managed nodes
Agentless automation
Ansible use cases
Ansible in DevOps

📚 Module 2 — Installing & Configuring Ansible ▼

Installing Ansible
Ansible Core
Ansible Automation Platform overview
Configuration files
Understanding ansible.cfg
Testing the installation
Basic Ansible commands
Environment configuration
Introduction to ansible-navigator

📚 Module 3 — Ansible Inventory ▼

What is an inventory?
Static inventories
Hostnames and IP addresses
Host groups
Parent and child groups
Inventory variables
YAML inventories
INI inventories
Managing large inventories
Testing inventory connections

📚 Module 4 — Connecting to Managed Nodes ▼

SSH fundamentals
SSH keys
Password authentication
Configuring managed Linux hosts
Privilege escalation
become
Sudo configuration
Testing connectivity
Troubleshooting SSH problems

📚 Module 5 — Ansible Ad Hoc Commands ▼

What are ad hoc commands?
Running commands
Managing packages
Managing services
Working with files
Creating users
Checking system information
Using common Ansible modules
Practical administration tasks

📚 Module 6 — Ansible Modules ▼

Understanding modules
Module structure
Common built-in modules
File and directory management
User and group modules
Package management
Service management
Command and shell modules
Copy and template modules
Archive modules
Firewall-related automation
Finding module documentation

📚 Module 7 — Playbooks ▼

What is a Playbook?
YAML fundamentals
Plays and tasks
Writing your first Playbook
Running Playbooks
Idempotency
Task ordering
Multiple plays
Playbook structure
Checking Playbooks before execution

📚 Module 8 — Variables & Facts ▼

Why variables are important
Defining variables
Variable precedence
Host variables
Group variables
Registered variables
Ansible Facts
Using facts in Playbooks
Gathering facts
Custom facts
Practical variable management

📚 Module 9 — Conditions & Loops ▼

Conditional tasks
when
Boolean conditions
Comparing values
Loops
Loop variables
Iterating over lists
Iterating over dictionaries
Combining conditions and loops
Practical automation examples

📚 Module 10 — Handlers & Error Handling ▼

What are handlers?
Notifications
Restarting services
Managing configuration changes
Handling task failures
failed_when
changed_when
ignore_errors
Blocks
Rescue
Always sections
Troubleshooting failed Playbooks

📚 Module 11 — Templates & Configuration Management ▼

Jinja2 fundamentals
Template files
Dynamic configuration
Variables in templates
Conditions in templates
Loops in templates
Deploying configuration files
Managing services after configuration changes
Practical configuration automation

📚 Module 12 — Ansible Roles ▼

Why use Roles?
Role directory structure
Creating Roles
Tasks
Handlers
Variables
Defaults
Templates
Files
Role dependencies
Reusable automation
Organizing large projects

📚 Module 13 — Ansible Collections ▼

What are Content Collections?
Collections vs. traditional modules
Installing Collections
Using Collection modules
Finding modules
Working with Automation Hub
Using community and certified content
Collection documentation

Ansible Automation Hub provides access to certified collections containing modules, plugins, roles, and Playbooks.

📚 Module 14 — Ansible Vault & Security ▼

Why secrets need protection
Ansible Vault
Creating encrypted files
Encrypting variables
Editing encrypted files
Vault passwords
Using Vault in Playbooks
Protecting passwords and API keys
Secure automation practices

📚 Module 15 — Linux System Administration Automation ▼

User management
Group management
Package management
Service management
File and directory management
Permissions
Storage management
Mount points
Firewall configuration
SELinux-related administration
Scheduled jobs
System configuration
Server hardening automation

📚 Module 16 — Git & Automation Development ▼

Git fundamentals
Creating repositories
Cloning repositories
Adding and committing files
Branch basics
Managing Ansible projects with Git
Pushing Playbooks to repositories
Version control best practices

Red Hat's current EX294 objectives specifically include basic Git operations such as cloning repositories and adding files.

📚 Module 17 — Ansible Navigator & Execution Environments ▼

What is ansible-navigator?
Running Playbooks with ansible-navigator
ansible-navigator.yml
Execution environments
Development containers
Finding Collection modules
Troubleshooting automation environments
Using VS Code with Ansible

These topics are included in Red Hat's current EX294 objectives.

📚 Module 18 — Application Deployment Automation ▼

Application deployment concepts
Deploying web servers
Apache automation
Nginx automation
Database configuration
Application configuration
Service management
Environment variables
Multi-server deployments
Rolling updates

📚 Module 19 — Enterprise Automation Practices ▼

Writing clean Playbooks
Reusable automation
Project organization
Naming conventions
Security best practices
Idempotent automation
Testing Playbooks
Troubleshooting
Managing automation at scale
Automation documentation

📚 Module 20 — Real-World Projects & EX294 Preparation ▼

Project 1 — Linux Server Automation

Configure multiple Linux servers
Create users and groups
Install packages
Configure services
Manage files and permissions

Project 2 — Web Server Deployment

Deploy Apache/Nginx
Configure virtual hosts
Deploy configuration files
Enable services
Apply firewall rules

Project 3 — Secure Automation

Create encrypted variables
Use Ansible Vault
Deploy secure configurations
Manage privileged tasks

Project 4 — Role-Based Automation

Create reusable Roles
Build a multi-role project
Use Variables and Templates
Test automation

Project 5 — EX294 Practice Environment

Build an exam-style environment
Configure the Ansible control node
Configure managed nodes
Create inventories
Write Playbooks
Automate administration tasks
Troubleshoot failed automation
Complete timed practical exercises

📌 Prerequisites ▼

Learn one of the most useful automation tools in modern IT.
Replace repetitive manual administration with automation.
Build practical Linux automation skills.
Learn skills used in DevOps and infrastructure teams.
Automate multiple servers at the same time.
Learn Playbooks, Roles, Collections, Templates, and Vault.
Gain experience with real Linux administration tasks.
Build reusable automation instead of repeating commands manually.
Prepare for the hands-on Red Hat EX294 exam.
Develop skills that can lead toward DevOps, automation, cloud, and platform engineering careers.

👥 Target Audience ▼

This course is suitable for:

Linux System Administrators
System Engineers
Network Administrators
DevOps Engineers
Cloud Engineers
Infrastructure Engineers
IT Support Professionals
Automation Engineers
Developers interested in DevOps
Red Hat Linux professionals
RHCSA-certified professionals
IT professionals preparing for EX294
Professionals who want to automate repetitive administration tasks

💼 Career Opportunities ▼

After completing the course, you can work toward roles such as:

Ansible Automation Engineer
Linux Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer
Junior DevOps Engineer
System Administrator
Linux System Engineer
Infrastructure Engineer
Cloud Automation Engineer
Platform Engineer
Configuration Management Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer
Automation Specialist
DevOps Automation Engineer

Ansible skills are especially useful when combined with Linux, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and CI/CD.

📝 Exam Details ▼

Red Hat EX294

Exam Detail	Information
Exam	Red Hat Certified Advanced System Administrator in Ansible
Exam Code	EX294
Level	Advanced / Professional
Exam Type	Performance-based, hands-on
Technology	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Exam Duration	Check current Red Hat booking page for the applicable version
Questions	Practical tasks rather than traditional MCQs
Passing Score	210 / 300 (70%)
Exam Result	Total score
Delivery	Red Hat testing options
Prerequisites	RHCSA-level administration + Ansible knowledge recommended
Certification	Red Hat Certified Advanced System Administrator in Ansible

Passing score: Red Hat's official certification information uses a 210/300 minimum passing score for EX294. The exam is performance-based: candidates create and run automation and are evaluated on whether the resulting systems meet the required conditions.

Important certification note

For your website, I recommend not marketing EX294 simply as “RHCE certification.”

The safer current wording is:

“Ansible Automation & EX294 Certification Training — preparation for the Red Hat Certified Advanced System Administrator in Ansible exam and the RHCE Ansible pathway.”

Red Hat now states that passing EX294 alone grants the standalone Red Hat Certified Advanced System Administrator in Ansible certification. The RHCE credential has additional requirements under the current certification framework.

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