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Advanced Ansible Playbooks with Roles, Variables, and Handlers

In this lab, you’ll practice building modular and reusable Ansible playbooks using roles, variables, and handlers. When you’re finished, you’ll have a structured automation workflow that improves efficiency and maintainability across different server environments.

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(15)
Level
Beginner
Last updated
Aug 04, 2025
Duration
55m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Structuring Playbooks with Roles

    To start, you will manually create an Ansible role to organize your automation tasks efficiently.

  3. Challenge

    Using Variables and Jinja2 Templates

    In this challenge, you will use preloaded variables and Jinja2 templates to customize playbook execution.

  4. Challenge

    Implementing Handlers and Error Handling

    To finish things, you will set up handlers and implement error-handling techniques for reliable automation.

  5. Challenge

    The Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

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