Ansible with Linux and Windows Administration

Ansible with Linux and Windows Administration develops practical capability in cross-platform automation for Linux and Windows using Ansible inventories, playbooks, modules, WinRM, PowerShell, roles, Vault, validation, and troubleshooting.

Learners progress through Ansible Architecture, Inventories, Connectivity, Variables, and Playbook Design; Linux Administration Automation for Packages, Services, Files, Users, and Security; Windows Automation with WinRM, PowerShell, Services, Updates, Files, and IIS; Cross-Platform Roles, Vault, Error Handling, Testing, and Operational Governance. Each stage connects Red Hat technology with implementation decisions, operational controls, troubleshooting, and reviewable evidence.

The learning journey follows an infrastructure automation team standardizing recurring changes across mixed Linux and Windows server estates and produces a practical cross-platform automation repository, credential design, test evidence, and mixed-estate operations runbook for implementation and operational use.

What You Will Learn

• Configure mixed Linux and Windows inventory architecture with reproducible settings and validated prerequisites.
• Execute secure SSH and WinRM connectivity for automation and interpret outputs, events, logs, and system behavior.
• Diagnose Linux package, service, file, account, and security tasks through targeted checks, traces, and corrective testing.
• Validate Windows service, update, file, PowerShell, and IIS workflows against security, reliability, governance, and acceptance criteria.
• Compare portable variables, templates, roles, and collections alternatives and explain operational and technical trade-offs.
• Document credential protection with Ansible Vault using repeatable commands, evidence, ownership, and handover notes.
• Improve cross-platform error handling and corrective testing through monitoring, exception handling, automation, and review cycles.
• Map automation governance, evidence, and operational handover across architecture, roles, dependencies, controls, and evidence.

SkillDynamo Training Approach

Training combines course-specific demonstrations, hands-on Red Hat exercises, scenario analysis, validation checklists, structured troubleshooting, and a final improvement plan for Ansible with Linux and Windows Administration.