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Ansible Lab Environment

Practice infrastructure automation with a fully configured Ansible control host, six hosts (3 x CentOS and 3 x Ubuntu), web-based terminals, systemd environment, and test environment.

7 Nodes Total
Multi-OS Environment

Lab Features

Web Based Terminals
Ansible Control Host
Systemd Environment
3x CentOS Hosts
3x Ubuntu Hosts
Test Environment
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Practice infrastructure automation with a fully configured Ansible control host, six hosts (3 x CentOS and 3 x Ubuntu), web-based terminals, systemd environment, and test environment.

Ansible Control Host
6 Managed Nodes
Web-Based Terminals
Systemd Integration
Multi-OS Support

What is Ansible?

Ansible is a powerful open-source automation platform that simplifies complex configuration management, application deployment, task automation, and orchestration. Created by Michael DeHaan and later acquired by Red Hat, Ansible has revolutionized how infrastructure teams manage and deploy applications across distributed environments.

Key Features

Agentless architecture
YAML-based playbooks
Idempotent operations
Extensive module library

Benefits

Simple learning curve
SSH-based communication
Infrastructure as Code
Agentless deployment

Lab Environment Details

This comprehensive lab environment provides a realistic multi-host setup where you can practice Ansible automation scenarios. The environment includes one Ansible control host and six managed nodes running different Linux distributions, giving you hands-on experience with cross-platform automation.

How You Can Use This Environment

Configuration management
Application deployment
Infrastructure automation
Multi-platform operations
Playbook development
Inventory management
Role-based automation
Testing and validation
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