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Getting started with Ansible Automation Platform

Whether you're new to Ansible or an experienced user, these learning paths, self-paced labs, and other resources will help you reach the next phase of your automation journey with confidence. Let's go!

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Foundations of Ansible

Explore the essential Ansible concepts, terminology, and tools to prepare you for creating automation content.

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YAML Essentials for Ansible Automation Platform

Learn about YAML, its syntax and structure, and how it applies to Ansible. 

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Getting started with the Ansible VS Code Extension

Learn about the Ansible VS Code extension and discover best practices for building Ansible code.

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Getting started with Ansible Playbooks

Explore the use of plays, tasks, and modules in creating Ansible Playbooks.

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I'm more experienced with Ansible and want to learn more

Create your first Ansible Playbook

Write a simple playbook to automate basic infrastructure tasks.

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Getting started with Ansible Content Collections

Explore Ansible Content Collections, and learn how to create and use them in your Ansible automation.

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Create your first Ansible Content Collection

Learn how to sign Ansible Content Collections and install collections with ansible-galaxy CLI.

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Test an Ansible collection

Learn how to perform bug fixes during the development of an Ansible collection.

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Install and configure Ansible plug-ins for Red Hat Developer Hub

Learn about Ansible plug-ins on Developer Sandbox.

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Get started developing an Ansible module

Learn the fundamentals of creating an Ansible module.

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Get started with Ansible navigator

Install Ansible navigator and take a closer look at the command line.

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Get started with Ansible builder

Install Ansible builder and create an execution environment.

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I want to explore automation use cases

Get started with Event-driven Ansible and rulebooks

Learn the basics of using Event-Driven Ansible and follow some simple examples.

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Terraform and Ansible Automation Platform

Learn how to use Terraform and Ansible Automation Platform together to simplify and extend your automation on one platform.

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The Ansible Service Now ITSM integration

Explore the basics of the ServiceNow ITSM content collection to automate your service tickets.

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Ansible Automation Platform for network admins

Learn how to simplify basic network administrative tasks.

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Get started with Windows automation

Connect to a Windows host and create templates, roles, and playbooks to automate Windows and Active Directory.

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Get started with automation and edge computing

Learn how Ansible Automation Platform helps you automate consistently at the network edge. 

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Automation e-books

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Automation at the edge
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Automation cheat sheets

SSH into remote machines
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Additional automation resources

Product Documentation

Documentation

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Videos

Discover how-to demos and more.
Training and certifications

Training

Sign up for an Ansible workshop
App certification

Certification

Earn credentials on developing for Ansible Automation.