AU294LS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 9.0 Automation with Ansible

Learn how to automate Linux system administration tasks with Ansible! Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 9.0 Automation with Ansible (AU294) teaches the skills needed to manage large numbers of systems and applications efficiently and consistently. You will learn the techniques needed to use Ansible to automate provisioning, configuration, application deployment, and orchestration.

This course is based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 9 and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2.

 Important Information about Course Delivery and Enrollment

Please note that as of January 1, 2026, Red Hat is introducing its Red Hat Learning Subscription (RHLS) course model, a flexible subscription solution that replaces their previous direct enrollment for virtual course dates.

When purchasing this product, you will receive access to an RHLS at course level, giving you the flexibility to enroll in the course date that suits you best, directly through your Red Hat training portal.

The RHLS subscription includes the following:

• One live, instructor-led course
• 12 months of access to the associated e-learning materials
• Up to 100 hours of additional lab access
• One exam voucher, including one retake if needed

Please use the e-learning order form on the right-hand side to purchase the course. You can read more about the Red Hat Learning Subscription model here.

Note that the RHLS solution is only available upon purchase of individual virtual classes. 

If you are attending a physical classroom training or a private, company-specific training, the following is included:

• Official Red Hat classroom training led by certified experts with extensive Red Hat product experience
• 45-day access to hands-on labs for any course that includes a virtual environment
• Official digital Red Hat course materials

Course Objectives

As a result of attending this course, you should be able to use Ansible for the purpose of automation, configuration, and management. You should be able to demonstrate these skills:

• Install Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on control nodes
• Create and update inventories of managed hosts and manage connections to them
• Automate administration tasks with Ansible Playbooks and ad hoc commands
• Write effective playbooks at scale
• Protect sensitive data used by Ansible Automation Platform with Ansible Vault
• Reuse code and simplify playbook development with Ansible Roles and Ansible Content Collections.
• Install and configure Ansible or Red Hat Ansible Engine on a control node.
• Create and manage inventories of managed hosts, as well as prepare them for Ansible automation.
• Run individual ad hoc automation tasks from the command line.
• Write Ansible Playbooks to consistently automate multiple tasks and apply them to managed hosts.
• Parameterize playbooks using variables and facts, and protect sensitive data with Ansible Vault.
• Write and reuse existing Ansible roles to simplify playbook creation and reuse code.
• Automate common Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administration tasks using Ansible.

Audience

This course is geared toward Linux system administrators, DevOps engineers, infrastructure automation engineers, and systems design engineers who are responsible for these tasks:

• Automating configuration management
• Ensuring consistent and repeatable application deployment
• Provisioning and deployment of development, testing, and production servers
• Integrating with DevOps continuous integration/continuous delivery workflows

Prerequisites 

Pass the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam (EX200), or demonstrate equivalent Red Hat Enterprise Linux knowledge and experience.

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