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Ansible for the Absolute Beginner — Hands-On DevOps

4.7(22,000) on Udemy·280K enrolled
Beginner 10 hours English Course Certificate
SkillsAnsibleAutomationConfiguration managementDevOpsInfrastructurePlaybooks

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A focused, hands-on first step into Ansible for infrastructure automation, from the KodeKloud team. It is beginner-friendly with practical labs.

Good for: beginners who want to learn Ansible for DevOps automation.

Skip if: you already use Ansible, or you are new to servers and Linux.

It starts from zero — installing and configuring Ansible, writing YAML playbooks, managing inventory, and using built-in modules — then moves to roles for reusable config and Vault for secrets, with real examples like configuring web servers and deploying apps.

It is an introduction, so it does not go deep into advanced Ansible, CI/CD integration or large-scale orchestration, and it assumes some comfort with servers and Linux, so a complete newcomer to those should start there first. KodeKloud keeps it updated; on price, wait for a Udemy sale.

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About this course

This beginner-friendly course introduces Ansible from zero: installing and configuring Ansible, writing YAML playbooks, managing inventory files, and using built-in modules to configure Linux servers. Students progress to Ansible roles for reusable configuration and Ansible Vault for secrets management.

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Mumshad Mannambeth
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280K+ learners6 courses4.7 instructor rating

Taught by KodeKloud instructors, the leading provider of hands-on DevOps training known for browser-based lab environments.

Frequently asked questions

No prior coding or scripting experience is required — the title is accurate. It is built for people entirely new to Ansible and to configuration management. It does help to be comfortable with the Linux command line and basic server concepts, since Ansible is used to automate servers, but the course itself assumes you are starting from zero on Ansible specifically and builds up gently.

The core building blocks of Ansible: how it works, then inventory, playbooks, modules, variables, conditionals, loops, and roles — the pieces you combine to automate configuration across many servers. It stays deliberately foundational, giving you a solid grasp of writing basic playbooks rather than advanced enterprise patterns, which is exactly what an absolute beginner needs before going deeper.

Yes, and they are the standout feature. Nearly every lecture comes with browser-based coding exercises where you write and run real Ansible playbooks without setting up any infrastructure yourself. That practice-as-you-learn format is unusually effective for a tool like Ansible, where reading YAML is far less instructive than actually running a playbook and seeing what it does to a system.

Yes. Ansible is free and open-source, so there is no licensing cost to learn or use it. Red Hat offers paid enterprise tooling around it (such as Ansible Automation Platform) for large organisations, but the core Ansible you learn here — and use for most real automation — costs nothing, so beyond the course fee there is no software expense to practise.

It is fairly short — a handful of hours — reflecting its beginner scope, and most people finish it over a few sittings. For getting genuinely started with Ansible through hands-on practice, it is one of the more recommended entry points, kept updated and known for clear teaching. Treat it as the on-ramp: it makes you comfortable with playbooks, after which real projects and deeper courses take you further.
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