User:Tom/RHCS EX447

Objectives

Study points for the exam

You should be able to accomplish the following grouped tasks without assistance: •Understand and use Git ◦Clone a Git repository ◦Update, modify and create files in a Git repository ◦Add those modified files back into the Git repository •Manage inventory variables ◦Structure host and group variables using multiple files per host or group ◦Use special variables to override the host, port, or remote user Ansible uses for a specific host ◦Set up directories containing multiple host variable files for some of your managed hosts ◦Override the name used in the inventory file with a different name or IP address •Manage task execution ◦Control privilege execution ◦Run selected tasks •Transform data with filters and plugins ◦Populate variables with data from external sources using lookup plugins ◦Use lookup and query functions to template data from external sources into playbooks and deployed template files ◦Implement loops using structures other than simple lists using lookup plugins and filters ◦Inspect, validate, and manipulate variables containing networking information with filters •Delegate tasks ◦Run a task for a managed host on a different host, then control whether facts gathered by that task are delegated to the managed host or the other host •Install Ansible Tower ◦Perform basic configuration of Ansible Tower after configuration •Manage access for Ansible Tower ◦Create Ansible Tower users and teams and make associations of one to the other •Manage inventories and credentials ◦Manage advanced inventories ◦Create a dynamic inventory from an identity management server or a database server ◦Create machine credentials to access inventory hosts ◦Create a source control credential •Manage projects ◦Create a job template •Manage job workflows ◦Create a job workflow template •Work with the Ansible Tower API ◦Write an API scriptlet to launch a job •Back up Ansible Tower ◦Back up an instance of Ansible Tower