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Infrastructure as code with OpenTofu and Ansible

Learn infrastructure as code hands on: OpenTofu plans, state, count and for_each, then Ansible roles, handlers, tags and Vault.

6 lessons350 min lessonSoftware engineering

The lessons

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  1. 1 · Virtual machine lab

    OpenTofu plan, apply and state

    I can run a plan, apply it and say what the state file is.

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  2. 2 · Virtual machine lab

    Variables, count and for_each in OpenTofu

    I can make several of a thing from a variable.

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  3. 3 · Virtual machine lab

    How to read an OpenTofu plan

    I can read a plan after a change and say what is created, changed or destroyed.

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  4. 4 · Virtual machine lab

    Ansible roles and variable precedence

    I can lay out a role and say which variable wins.

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  5. 5 · Virtual machine lab

    Ansible templates and handlers

    I can fill a template from variables and run a handler once.

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  6. 6 · Virtual machine lab

    Ansible tags and Vault

    I can run part of a role and keep a secret out of plain text.

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