What you'll learn

Container automation often fails due to inconsistent host setup, configuration drift, and dependency mismatches across environments. In this course, Automating Container Management with Ansible, you’ll learn how to configure container hosts, automate image and container workflows, and ensure consistent execution everywhere. First, you’ll learn how to automate the host setup process, configuring prerequisites, installing and configuring Docker and Podman, and installing the Ansible collections you’ll use throughout the course. Next, you’ll dive into image and container orchestration, build/pull/tag/archive images, run containers with runtime policies, and deploy persistent storage. Finally, you’ll build portable Ansible execution environments using ansible-builder and use them with ansible-navigator. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to automate the deployment and operation of containers with Ansible.