Ansible + GCP

Learn Ansible for Google Cloud with this comprehensive introductory course! This course guides you through automating your cloud infrastructure using the powerful combination of Ansible and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). We'll leverage Cloud Shell for all demonstrations, but you can adapt the techniques to any Linux distribution with the gcloud CLI installed.

Prerequisites:

• A basic understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• A service account with appropriate permissions for GCP.
• Familiarity with the GCP Console and Cloud Shell (or a Linux distro with the gcloud CLI).
• A basic grasp of Ansible concepts.
• Understanding of Ansible Galaxy and GitHub for role management.

What is Ansible?

Ansible is a remarkably simple IT automation engine. It streamlines cloud provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, and orchestration across your IT environment. This course unlocks Ansible's potential to build and manage infrastructure directly within GCP.

Course Topics:

• Ansible Fundamentals: A concise introduction to the core concepts of Ansible.
• Instance Creation with gcloud CLI: Learn to provision GCP instances using the command-line interface.
• Instance Creation with Google Modules: Automate instance creation using pre-built Google Modules.
• Simple Architecture Deployment: Build a basic infrastructure architecture using Ansible.
• GCP Inventory System: Manage your GCP resources effectively with Ansible's inventory system.
• Ansible Roles: Create reusable Ansible roles, upload them to Ansible Galaxy, and integrate them into your automation workflows.

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