Table of Contents

1. Short Summary
2. Duration
3. Content Description
4. Objectives
5. Agenda
6. Audience
7. Skill Level
8. Labs?
9. Keywords
10. Prerequisites
11. Enrollment
12. Errata
13. Follow-on Courses

Short Summary

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 and more.

Duration in Hours ⌚

16

Content Description

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. 

Completion of this course will get you an IBM badge!

Objectives

• 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 scenarios

Agenda

Day 1:

• Course Administration and Introduction (00:30)
• Unit 1: DevOps and Cloud Overview (01:30)
• Unit 2: Ansible Overview and Administration (01:30)
• Unit 3: Ansible Configuration and Playbooks (00:30)
• Exercise 1: Verification of Prerequisites (01:00)
• Exercise 2: IBM i Ansible Managed Node Setup (01:00)
• Exercise 3: Ansible Controller on IBM i (01:00)

Day 2: 

• Unit 4: Automate IBM PowerVC using Ansible on IBM i (01:00)
• Unit 5: IBM PowerVS Concepts on IBM i (01:00)
• Unit 6: IBM PowerVC integration with Terraform on IBM i (01:00)
• Unit 7: Manage IBM i in a Hybrid Cloud Environment with IBM Cloud Automation Manager (CAM) (00:45)
• Exercise 4: Run Ansible Playbooks from IBM i (01:00)
• Exercise 5: Automating IBM i with Ansible and IBM PowerVC (01:00)
• Exercise 6: IBM i Use Cases with Ansible (01:00)

Audience

• Enrollment in this course is not restricted.

Skill Level

Intermediate

Labs? 💻

Y

Keywords

AS45;IBM i;DevOps;PowerVC;Ansible;Terraform

Prerequisites

None

Enrollment

https://www.ibm.com/training/course/AS45G

Errata

None specified.

Follow-on Courses

AS40G,QZC30G