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Copy static HTML files onto the VM with the "copy" module

Update nginx config with "copy" and reload the service with the “service” module

Make the playbook idempotent using "handlers"

DRY out the playbook using variables and the "template" module

Chapter 1 review

Chapter 1 project: Static web server with apache

Chapter 1 project review/example solution

Chapter 2 introduction

Going from one to many hosts: Ansible’s execution strategies and error handling

Deploying application code with the “user” and “git” modules

Creating and starting the web application service with the “pip” and “systemd” modules

Convert our webapp tasks, variables and template into a "webapp" role

Create an nginx role with the "apt_key" and "apt_repository" modules, iterating quickly with "tags"

Proxy the webapp via nginx

Update the webapp settings without breaking idempotence using the “synchronize” module and loops

Create a postgres role using "jinja filters"

Use postgres db instead of sqlite using the "postgresql" collection of modules and advanced looping

Prepare servers for postgres replication using conditional tasks, variable precedence and "group_vars "

Enable postgres replication using "host_vars", "include_tasks" and "blocks"

Deploy updates to application code by reusing existing code

Ansible’s power as an orchestrator: create a failover playbook

Chapter 2 review

Chapter 2 project: New webapp role in a language other than Python

Chapter 2 project review/example solution

Chapter 3 introduction

Updating important software versions

First steps to a multi-tier architecture: use Ansible "groups" to target multiple VMs in a new playbook

Adapt the "postgres" role to the multi-tier architecture using Ansible's special "hostvars" variable

Adapt the "webapp" role to the multi-tier architecture by using the "generic tasks" pattern

Create a failover playbook for the multi-tier architecture

Add a software firewall to our hosts by reviewing and installing an open-source role using Ansible Galaxy

Simple and secure secret management with Ansible Vault

Test your Ansible roles with Molecule and Docker

Add environment support and deploy to production in EC2 using Ansible Dynamic Inventory

Speed up your Ansible playbooks by managing latency and using forks, Pipelining or Mitogen

Chapter 3 review

Chapter 3 project: apply Ansible to a real-world project

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