itinfraservices

IT infrastructure services course materials

Main page with supporting information about the course

Link to lecture recordings: https://echo360.org.uk/section/0a7e8d1b-9780-41b0-a533-656c31c59b74/public

Course agenda:

week1

topic: Infro to IaaC. Ansible basics. First playbook
lab: Install VirtualBox. Install guest OS. Write the first ansible commands

week2

topic: Ansible playbooks
lab: Create first playbook
services: Managing users and ssh keys

week3

topic: Ansible config file
lab: Rewrite second playbook
services: web services

week4

topic: Ansible variables
lab: Rewrite second playbook
services: LAMP

week5

topic: Templates
lab: Jinja2 templates
services: DNS

week6

topic: Advanced templates
lab: Jinja2 magic
services: NTP

week7

topic: Ansible roles
lab: Backup for mysql
services: Centralised backups

week8

topic: Ansible roles
lab: Backup for mysql
services: Working backups

week9

topic: Monitoring
lab: Install prometheus
services: Prometheus

week10

topic: Logging
lab: Telegraf, InfluxDB, Grafana
services: Centralised logging

week11

topic: Logging
lab: Telegraf, InfluxDB, Grafana
services: Centralised logging

week12

topic: Docker
lab: Docker
services: Docker

week13

topic: Docker
lab: First deployment
services: Docker

week14

topic: Docker proxy
lab: HAProxy, Keepalived
services: Docker proxy

week 15

topic: Exam preparations
lab: Final lab. Infrastructure setup
services: ALL

week 16

topic: Exam preparations
lab: Final lab. Infrastructure setup
services: ALL