CI/CD

Ansible Patterns for Controlled Change

You will inherit spaghetti playbooks and untangle them collaboratively, documenting decisions as you go.

Ansible Patterns for Controlled Change cover visual

Inside the syllabus

  • Inventory sourcing strategies (static vs. dynamic)
  • Role boundaries workshop
  • Vault usage without leaking secrets in CI logs
  • Patch orchestration tabletop
  • Molecule testing introduction
  • Change window communication template

Outcomes you can evidence

  1. Refactor one playbook into a reusable role
  2. Author a change notice understandable to app owners
  3. List rollback signals before touching production
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Lead mentor

Marcus Yip

Maintains golden Ansible roles for regulated infrastructure.

FAQ

We target the latest open-source major supported by the lab image.

Linux targets only; WinRM content is a reading link.

Introductory only—enough to spark follow-up self study.

Recent participant notes

Change window template now ships with every maintenance PR.
— Kai Wen , Infrastructure engineer