Ansible Zero to Production — Complete 15-Module Masterclass

From Beginner to Production-Ready Infrastructure Automation

🚀 Nkechi Anna Ahanonye — Cloud & DevOps Engineer | I turn manual, 3 AM-breaking deployments into 1-min automated pipelines with AWS + Ansible + Terraform | Featured: 15-Module Ansible Lab with real terminal

For DevOps students who need relatable, hands-on examples — not textbook theory.

Live Portfolio: 📦 ansible_practical – 17 Green Runs ✅ | 📖 You are here (Guide) | 🧪 Student Lab | 💼 LinkedIn

"I built this guide because beginners deserve better than scattered tutorials. Every module shows you exactly what success looks like." — Nkechi Ahanonye, Cloud & DevOps Engineer, Lagos

A free, structured Ansible curriculum covering Ad-hoc Commands → Inventory → Playbooks → Roles → Jinja2 Templates → Vault AES-256 → Dynamic Inventory → Collections → Capstone. Real terminal output in every module — no fluff, just what gets you hired.

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🌐 Live Site

👉 nkydigitech.github.io/ansible-guide

15 modules • Real terminal output • 100% free • Built with MkDocs Material 9.7.6

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📚 What's Inside — 15 Modules Zero to Production

#	Module	What You'll Master	Level
01	Introduction to Ansible	Agentless architecture, control node vs managed nodes	🟢 Beginner
02	Installation	Linux, Mac, Windows WSL — verified install	🟢 Beginner
03	Ad-hoc Commands	One-liners before writing playbooks	🟢 Beginner
04	Inventory	Static, grouped & dynamic inventory	🟢 Beginner
05	First Playbook	Your first YAML deployment that actually works	🟢 Beginner
06	Variables	Define, scope & override like a pro	🟢 Beginner
07	Handlers	Restart services only when changed	🟡 Intermediate
08	Roles	Reusable, production-grade structure	🟡 Intermediate
09	Templates & Jinja2	Dynamic config files	🟡 Intermediate
10	Conditionals & Loops	when, loop, filters	🟡 Intermediate
11	Vault AES-256	Never commit plain secrets again	🟡 Intermediate
12	Error Handling	ignore_errors, block/rescue	🔴 Advanced
13	Dynamic Inventory	AWS, GCP, Azure auto-scaling	🔴 Advanced
14	Collections	Galaxy, ansible-galaxy	🔴 Advanced
15	Capstone Project	Full prod infrastructure from scratch	🔴 Advanced

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✨ What Makes This Different?

📺 Expected Output Everywhere Every module shows you the exact terminal output you should see when it works. No guessing. PLAY [web servers] ***** TASK [Install nginx] *** changed: [web01] PLAY RECAP ***** web01 : ok=2 changed=1

🔄 Built for Real Jobs Progressive learning — each module builds on last Hands-on exercises, not just reading Production-ready patterns used in ansible_practical Lint → Dry-Run → Deploy mindset

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🚀 Quick Start — Run Locally

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/nkydigitech/ansible-guide.git
cd ansible-guide

# Install MkDocs Material
pip install mkdocs-material

# Serve
mkdocs serve

Open http://127.0.0.1:8000 — hot reload enabled!

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🌐 Deployment — Auto to GitHub Pages

This site auto-deploys via GitHub Actions.

Required GitHub Pages setting (one time):

1. Go to Settings → Pages
2. Source: Deploy from a branch
3. Branch: gh-pages / root
4. Push to main → workflow builds and pushes to gh-pages

Workflow file: .github/workflows/deploy.yml

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🧪 Part of the Trilogy — Learn the Right Order

Repo	What It Proves	Link
📦 ansible_practical	Senior pipeline — 17 green runs, no SSH	View Repo →
📖 ansible-guide (You are here)	Teaching — 15 modules, zero to prod	You are here
🧪 ansible-lab	Practice — 4 hands-on labs	View Lab →

Recruiter flow: Lab → Guide → Practical (green CI) → Hired.

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🤝 Contributing

Found a typo? Want to add Module 16? PRs welcome!

1. Fork the repo
2. git checkout -b fix/module-name
3. Make changes
4. Submit PR

All contributors get credit.

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👩🏽‍💻 Author — Nkechi Anna Ahanonye

Cloud & DevOps Engineer | I turn manual, 3 AM-breaking deployments into 1-min automated pipelines with AWS + Ansible + Terraform | Featured: 15-Module Ansible Lab with real terminal

I build infrastructure that doesn't break at 2 AM. 15 years running a cybercafe taught me: real users don't care about your stack, they care that things just work.

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nkechiahanonye
• GitHub: github.com/nkydigitech
• Portfolio: nkydigitech.github.io/nky-portfolio
• Live Practical: ansible_practical – 17 Green Runs ✅

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📄 License

MIT — free to use, share, and build on.

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