Ansible Automation

  1. Advanced Ansible Topics
    1. Ansible Vault
      1. Vault Overview
        1. Purpose and Use Cases
          1. Security Considerations
            1. Vault File Types
            2. Creating Encrypted Content
              1. Encrypting Files
                1. Encrypting Strings
                  1. Vault Creation Commands
                  2. Managing Encrypted Content
                    1. Editing Encrypted Files
                      1. Viewing Encrypted Content
                        1. Decrypting Files
                          1. Rekeying Vault Files
                          2. Using Vault in Playbooks
                            1. Including Encrypted Variables
                              1. Vault Variable Files
                                1. Mixed Encrypted Content
                                2. Vault Password Management
                                  1. Password Files
                                    1. Password Scripts
                                      1. Multiple Vault IDs
                                        1. Vault ID Labels
                                        2. Vault Best Practices
                                          1. Key Management
                                            1. File Organization
                                              1. Security Policies
                                            2. Execution Strategies
                                              1. Linear Strategy
                                                1. Default Behavior
                                                  1. Task Execution Order
                                                    1. Host Synchronization
                                                    2. Free Strategy
                                                      1. Parallel Execution
                                                        1. Host Independence
                                                          1. Use Cases and Limitations
                                                          2. Custom Strategies
                                                            1. Strategy Plugins
                                                              1. Strategy Configuration
                                                            2. Task Delegation
                                                              1. delegate_to Directive
                                                                1. Delegation Syntax
                                                                  1. Use Cases
                                                                    1. Variable Context
                                                                    2. run_once Directive
                                                                      1. Single Execution
                                                                        1. Host Selection
                                                                          1. Combined Usage
                                                                          2. Delegation Scenarios
                                                                            1. Load Balancer Updates
                                                                              1. Database Operations
                                                                                1. External API Calls
                                                                              2. Asynchronous Actions
                                                                                1. Asynchronous Task Execution
                                                                                  1. async Parameter
                                                                                    1. poll Parameter
                                                                                      1. Background Tasks
                                                                                      2. Polling for Completion
                                                                                        1. async_status Module
                                                                                          1. Result Checking
                                                                                            1. Timeout Handling
                                                                                            2. Asynchronous Patterns
                                                                                              1. Fire and Forget
                                                                                                1. Periodic Checking
                                                                                                  1. Result Collection
                                                                                                2. Tags
                                                                                                  1. Tag Application
                                                                                                    1. Task Tags
                                                                                                      1. Play Tags
                                                                                                        1. Role Tags
                                                                                                          1. Block Tags
                                                                                                          2. Tag Usage
                                                                                                            1. Running Specific Tags
                                                                                                              1. Skipping Tags
                                                                                                                1. Tag Combinations
                                                                                                                2. Tag Organization
                                                                                                                  1. Tag Naming Conventions
                                                                                                                    1. Tag Hierarchies
                                                                                                                      1. Special Tags
                                                                                                                      2. Tag Inheritance
                                                                                                                        1. Parent-Child Relationships
                                                                                                                          1. Tag Propagation
                                                                                                                        2. Performance Optimization
                                                                                                                          1. Connection Optimization
                                                                                                                            1. SSH Pipelining
                                                                                                                              1. ControlMaster
                                                                                                                                1. Connection Pooling
                                                                                                                                2. Fact Caching
                                                                                                                                  1. Cache Backends
                                                                                                                                    1. Cache Configuration
                                                                                                                                      1. Cache Management
                                                                                                                                      2. Parallelism Control
                                                                                                                                        1. Forks Configuration
                                                                                                                                          1. Serial Execution
                                                                                                                                            1. Batch Processing
                                                                                                                                            2. Task Optimization
                                                                                                                                              1. Module Selection
                                                                                                                                                1. Task Efficiency
                                                                                                                                                  1. Resource Usage

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