Course Overview
This course will get you the skills you need to run and manage an IBM i related cloud and DevOps environment. You will be introduced to the world of DevOps, Ansible, IBM PowerVC, Terraform, IBM Cloud Automation Manager and CI/CD concepts as they relate to IBM i. Learning these concepts will be easy with hands-on access to our lab environment.
What you’ll learn
- Summarize DevOps concepts as it applies to IBM i
- Summarize Ansible planning and implementation concepts
- Demonstrate an understanding of automation with Ansible Playbooks for IBM i
- Integrate IBM PowerVC with Ansible in an IBM i environment
- Summarize CI/CD concepts using Ansible on IBM i
- Learn about using IBM Power Virtual Server (IBM PowerVS) with IBM i
- Learn about Terraform with IBM i
- Learn about IBM Cloud Automation Manager for a few hybrid cloud scenario
Target audiences
- Enrollment in this course is not restricted.
Curriculum
- 2 Sections
- 14 Lessons
- 16 Hours
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- Day 17
- 1.1Course Administration and Introduction
- 1.2Unit 1: DevOps and Cloud Overview
- 1.3Unit 2: Ansible Overview and Administration
- 1.4Unit 3: Ansible Configuration and Playbooks
- 1.5Exercise 1: Verification of Prerequisites
- 1.6Exercise 2: IBM i Ansible Managed Node Setup
- 1.7Exercise 3: Ansible Controller on IBM i
- Day 27
- 2.1Unit 4: Automate IBM PowerVC using Ansible on IBM i
- 2.2Unit 5: IBM PowerVS Concepts on IBM i
- 2.3Unit 6: IBM PowerVC integration with Terraform on IBM i
- 2.4Unit 7: Manage IBM i in a Hybrid Cloud Environment with IBM Cloud Automation Manager (CAM)
- 2.5Exercise 4: Run Ansible Playbooks from IBM i
- 2.6Exercise 5: Automating IBM i with Ansible and IBM PowerVC
- 2.7Exercise 6: IBM i Use Cases with Ansible
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