Ansible Cloud Automation Training

Bridge the gap between configuration management and cloud provisioning with this 3-day course. Learn to use Ansible collections to automate infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP — from provisioning VMs and networks to managing cloud-native services.

Training Details

Duration	3 days (24 hours)
Level	Intermediate
Delivery	In-person, Live online, Hybrid
Certification	N/A

Who Is This For?

• Ansible users extending automation to cloud platforms
• Cloud engineers adding Ansible to their toolset
• DevOps teams managing hybrid or multi-cloud environments
• Infrastructure engineers automating cloud provisioning

Learning Outcomes

After completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Provision and manage cloud resources using Ansible collections
• Automate AWS, Azure, and GCP infrastructure end to end
• Build dynamic inventories from cloud provider APIs
• Manage cloud networking, storage, and compute with playbooks
• Implement cloud-specific patterns and best practices
• Integrate Ansible cloud automation into CI/CD pipelines

Detailed Agenda

Day 1: AWS Automation

Module 1: Ansible and Cloud Providers

• Cloud automation patterns with Ansible
• Authentication and credential management
• Ansible collections for cloud providers
• Hands-on: Set up cloud provider authentication

Module 2: AWS with amazon.aws Collection

• EC2 instances, security groups, and key pairs
• VPC, subnets, and networking components
• S3 buckets, IAM roles, and policies
• Hands-on: Provision a complete AWS environment

Module 3: AWS Advanced Patterns

• Dynamic inventory with aws_ec2 plugin
• CloudFormation integration
• EKS and RDS automation
• Hands-on: Build dynamic inventory and manage AWS services

Day 2: Azure and GCP Automation

Module 4: Azure with azure.azcollection

• Resource groups, VMs, and networking
• Azure Storage and Key Vault
• AKS and Azure SQL automation
• Hands-on: Provision Azure infrastructure with Ansible

Module 5: GCP with google.cloud Collection

• Compute Engine, VPC, and firewall rules
• Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL
• GKE cluster automation
• Hands-on: Automate GCP resource provisioning

Module 6: Dynamic Inventories

• Cloud-specific inventory plugins
• Composing inventories across providers
• Inventory caching and performance
• Hands-on: Build multi-cloud dynamic inventories

Day 3: Multi-Cloud Patterns

Module 7: Multi-Cloud Automation

• Abstracting cloud differences with roles
• Variable structures for multi-cloud deployments
• Consistent naming and tagging strategies
• Hands-on: Deploy the same application across two clouds

Module 8: Network and Security Automation

• Cloud network peering and VPN automation
• Security group and firewall management
• Certificate and secrets management
• Hands-on: Automate cross-cloud networking

Module 9: CI/CD Integration

• Running Ansible in CI/CD pipelines
• State management and drift detection
• Ansible vs Terraform — when to use each
• Hands-on: Integrate cloud automation into a deployment pipeline

Prerequisites

• Ansible Fundamentals or equivalent experience
• Basic understanding of at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Familiarity with cloud networking concepts

Delivery Formats

Format	Description
In-Person	On-site at your company's location, hands-on with direct interaction
Live Online	Interactive virtual sessions with screen sharing and real-time labs
Hybrid	Combination of on-site and remote sessions, flexible scheduling

All formats include hands-on labs, course materials, and post-training support.