Course Outline

Introduction

  • Concepts
  • Installation

Executing commands

  • Remote command execution
  • Local command execution

Selecting targets

  • Using wildcard characters
  • Using regular expressions
  • Using list
  • Using grains
  • Using custom grains
  • Using compound matching

Introduction to YAML

  • File structure
  • Data storage

Execution modules

  • Managing users
  • Managing packages
  • Managing services
  • Executing commands
  • Creating execution modules
  • Modules and virtual functions

Configuration management

  • Defining state of infrastructure
  • Running states
  • State modules
  • Specifying dependencies

Extending states with Jinja2

  • Variables
  • Control structures

Pillar

  • Secure data storage
  • Using pillar data in state formulas

State system

  • Highstate
  • Environments

Requirements

Basic Unix/Linux administration knowledge is necessary to grasp the more advanced topics in this course.

 14 Hours

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