By the end, you’ll be able to:

- Understand Ansible’s core components (playbooks, inventories, modules).

- Write and execute simple automation scripts.

- Compare manual vs automated workflows.

- Use Ansible to perform basic configuration and management tasks.

This course is perfect for system administrators, IT support professionals, DevOps beginners, cloud practitioners, and students interested in automation. Essentially, anyone curious about automating IT workflows can benefit.

This is Course 3 of the specialization. It focuses on foundations and beginner-level skills. Once completed, you’ll be prepared to move on to intermediate and advanced courses covering more complex Ansible automation, integrations, and enterprise use cases.

Yes. Ansible is widely used in IT operations, DevOps, and cloud engineering. The skills you gain here—like automating server setups, configurations, and deployments—are directly applicable to real-world job roles and will make you more efficient and valuable in the workplace.

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