Ansible Certified Automation Professional ™ (ACAP)
The Ansible Certified Automation Professional™ (ACAP)
certification is designed to assess and validate the skills of professionals in automating IT processes using Ansible. This certification covers a broad range of topics related to Ansible's capabilities and best practices. This certification is ideal for professionals who are looking to deepen their expertise in IT automation, enabling them to efficiently manage infrastructure, applications, networks, and security practices using Ansible.
Here are the key topics typically evaluated in this certification:
Ansible Fundamentals:
Understanding the basics of YAML and Ansible's architecture.
Setting up and configuring Ansible environments.
Writing and understanding Ansible playbooks.
Inventory Management:
Managing and organizing hosts and groups in Ansible's inventory.
Using dynamic inventory with various cloud providers.
Task Automation and Playbooks:
Writing playbooks to automate tasks across various systems.
Managing tasks with Ansible modules and roles.
Utilizing conditionals, loops, and handlers for complex playbooks.
Variables and Templating:
Using variables to manage differences between systems.
Templating with Jinja2 to generate dynamic configurations.
Advanced Execution and Strategies:
Understanding and implementing different playbook execution strategies.
Managing asynchronous tasks and polling.
Error Handling and Debugging:
Implementing error handling in playbooks.
Debugging playbooks and managing playbook execution failures.
Ansible for Network Automation:
Automating network configurations across various network devices.
Using Ansible for network diagnostics and compliance checks.
Ansible Tower and AWX:
Setting up and managing Ansible Tower or AWX for enterprise automation.
Using the Tower API and Tower's role-based access control.
Security and Compliance Automation:
Automating security policies and compliance checks.
Implementing security patch automation and configuration scanning.
Integrations and Customizations:
Integrating Ansible with other DevOps and ITSM tools.
Extending Ansible capabilities with custom modules and plugins.
