Configuration Management with Ansible (Legacy: Chef/Puppet) Corporate Training
Configuration Management with Ansible (Legacy: Chef/Puppet) Corporate Training
Develop your teams with instructor-led corporate training on Ansible-driven configuration management. This 24-hour hands-on program teaches engineers to build, secure, and scale declarative configurations, and to migrate legacy Chef and Puppet estates without downtime.
Instructor-led group trainingVirtual / on-site / off-site10 languagesDelivered inEnglish, Spanish, Mandarin, German, Arabic, Portuguese, Hindi, French, Japanese, Italian100+ countriesWe have delivered inUnited States, United Kingdom, India, Canada, Germany, France, Netherlands, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia, Japan, Brazil, South Africa and 90+ more countries
How we build a high-performing configuration management team
The Edstellar CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT Capability Model
Diagnose
Assess your team's current configuration practices, tooling mix, and drift exposure before training begins.
Standardize
Establish shared Ansible conventions: roles, naming, secrets handling, and Git workflows across every environment.
Practice
Run guided hands-on labs that configure real servers, secure secrets, and migrate legacy-managed nodes.
Measure
Track idempotency, drift closure, and deployment frequency improvements tied to the practices you adopt.
Scale
Extend proven configuration patterns across services and regions with governance that keeps automation healthy.
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Program Overview: What is Configuration Management with Ansible (Legacy: Chef/Puppet)?
Configuration Management with Ansible (Legacy: Chef/Puppet) is a 24-hour hands-on program for DevOps engineers, sysadmins, and platform teams. It covers configuration management foundations, Ansible playbooks, roles and inventory, Vault, templates and variables, scaling with collections, AWX and CI/CD integration, and migration from Chef and Puppet. The emphasis is idempotent, version-controlled configuration and de-risked migration off legacy tooling.
Training runs across six modules with six practice sessions in live lab environments. Participants write playbooks and roles, manage inventory, handle secrets with Vault, build templates, scale with collections and AWX, wire configuration into CI/CD pipelines, and plan a Chef/Puppet migration. Instructors review each build, coaching on idempotency, safe secrets handling, and pipeline design. The program closes with a capstone end-to-end configuration pipeline the team designs and runs.
Manual configuration is the outage that keeps happening: snowflake servers, secrets in plain text, changes nobody can reproduce or roll back. Legacy tooling adds its own drag as skills fade and integrations age. This program teaches configuration as code: idempotent playbooks under version control, secrets handled safely, pipelines that apply changes repeatably, and a migration off Chef and Puppet that does not break production.
The capstone is a pipeline, not a demo: each team designs and runs an end-to-end configuration pipeline. It includes version-controlled playbooks and roles, Vault-backed secrets, templated configuration, AWX or CI/CD integration, and a migration plan for the legacy Chef/Puppet estate with rollback steps. The pipeline stays with the team as a working reference, and the migration plan is the document that turns a vague intention to move off Chef into a sequenced project with owners and dates.
Over six modules, teams progress from configuration management foundations to a full capstone pipeline. The program emphasizes idempotent, version-controlled configuration, safe secrets handling, pipeline integration, and migration planning that de-risks the move off legacy tooling.
What's Included in this Workshop for Your Enterprise Teams
- 1
Guided hands-on labs
Configure real servers, secure secrets, and migrate legacy nodes in instructor-led labs.
- 2
Capstone project
Build a Git-to-production configuration pipeline and defend it in an instructor review.
- 3
Legacy migration practice
Every lab includes Chef and Puppet mapping so migration skills transfer to real estates.
- 24 hours of instructor-led sessions, onsite or live virtual
- Hybrid delivery aligned to your team schedules
- Pre-program skills assessment for each cohort
- Post-program action plan and metrics template
- Course materials and lab guides for every participant
- Scheduling aligned to your sprint cadence
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Configuration Management with Ansible (Legacy: Chef/Puppet) Course Topics and Program Outline
A 24-hour hands-on program: configuration management foundations, Ansible core, advanced automation, legacy migration, and a capstone configuration pipeline.
Built by Edstellar with DevOps and platform automation practitioners
Built by practitioners who run Ansible automation and configuration pipelines in production environments, shaped around your stack and use cases.
We benchmark your team's configuration practices and tooling mix so labs target your highest-friction automation gaps.
Your team learns Ansible fundamentals, playbooks, roles, and inventory through instructor-led demonstrations.
Engineers configure test servers, secure secrets, and migrate legacy nodes in guided hands-on labs.
Your team ships a full Git-to-production configuration pipeline with a migrated legacy service.
24 hours of instructor-led, lab-driven configuration management ending in a production-ready automation pipeline your team can deploy.
Delivered as
Delivered hybrid, onsite, or live virtual across 3 full days or six half-day sessions, matched to your sprint cadence.
Guided lab: detect and document configuration drift on a sample server image and propose a code-based fix.
learna)Declarative vs imperative configuration management
b)Idempotency, drift, and desired-state enforcement
c)Versioning configurations with Git and code review
d)Configuration management tools: Ansible, Chef, Puppet overview
Guided lab: write and run an Ansible playbook that provisions users, packages, and services on a test network.
learna)Ansible architecture, inventory, and connection plugins
b)Writing playbooks, tasks, and handlers
c)Building reusable roles and role dependencies
d)Static and dynamic inventory for growing fleets
Guided lab: build a templated web-server configuration with Vault-backed secrets that deploys cleanly to two environments.
practicea)Variable precedence, group vars, and host vars
b)Jinja2 templating for configuration files
c)Ansible Vault for secrets and credential handling
d)Error handling, blocks, and idempotent task design
Guided lab: wire a Git-triggered pipeline that lints, tests, and applies an Ansible role through an AWX job template.
practicea)Ansible Galaxy collections and dependency management
b)AWX and Ansible Automation Platform job templates
c)Triggering Ansible from CI/CD pipelines
d)Testing configurations: Molecule and check modes
Guided lab: convert a legacy Chef cookbook to an Ansible role and validate behavioral parity on a test node.
practicea)Chef and Puppet concepts mapped to Ansible
b)Auditing legacy cookbooks, manifests, and node definitions
c)Phased migration planning and parallel-run strategies
d)Validating parity and rolling back safely
Capstone lab: deliver a working Git-to-production configuration pipeline, including a migrated legacy service, and defend it in an instructor review.
applya)Designing a configuration repository and branching model
b)Building and scheduling the full Ansible pipeline
c)Migrating one legacy-managed service end to end
d)Instructor review and production-readiness checklist
Customize this program tailored to your team?
Tell us your training needs: what your team already works with, the level they’re at, and the topics you want them to focus on. We’ll adjust the modules, duration and hands-on labs, and send you a customized outline for your group.
Key Skills and Outcomes Your Team Will Gain
Every outcome is practiced in guided labs and reinforced in the capstone, so your team leaves ready to automate real configuration workflows.
Write idempotent Ansible playbooks
Author playbooks that converge servers to desired state reliably, run after run, without side effects.
Structure reusable roles
Build roles with variables, defaults, and handlers that standardize configuration across environments.
Secure secrets with Vault
Encrypt and rotate credentials with Ansible Vault so secrets never live in plain text in repositories.
Templatize configuration
Generate configuration files with Jinja2 templates that adapt to environment-specific variables.
Integrate with CI/CD
Trigger, test, and schedule Ansible runs from pipelines and automation platforms with quality gates.
Migrate legacy configurations
Map Chef and Puppet constructs to Ansible and execute phased migrations with parity validation.
Sustain automation at scale
Apply Git workflows, testing, and governance that keep configuration automation healthy after rollout.
Teams that Benefit from this Configuration Management with Ansible (Legacy: Chef/Puppet) Group Training
Built for platform, DevOps, and infrastructure teams that own server configuration, automation, and legacy tooling estates. Content adapts to role and experience, so each cohort practices the workflows it owns.
Standardize fleet configuration across environments
Give platform engineers the patterns to author, version, and schedule configuration automation your services depend on.
Workflow friction
- Configuration drift across fleets
- Snowflake servers with manual changes
- Inconsistent tooling across teams
How the program helps
- Reusable Ansible roles across services
- Version-controlled configuration changes
- Faster onboarding for new environments
Practice use cases
- role authoring
- fleet provisioning
- drift remediation
Fold configuration into reliable delivery pipelines
Help DevOps and SRE teams integrate configuration runs into CI/CD with testing, scheduling, and safe rollbacks.
Workflow friction
- Manual configuration steps in deploys
- Untested automation breaking services
- Slow incident-driven changes
How the program helps
- Pipeline-triggered configuration runs
- Tested and scheduled automation
- Safer change management flows
Practice use cases
- pipeline integration
- automated rollbacks
- scheduled jobs
Replace legacy Chef and Puppet estates safely
Equip infrastructure teams to migrate Chef and Puppet-managed nodes to Ansible with parity checks and phased cutover.
Workflow friction
- Legacy cookbooks nobody understands
- Agent-based tooling overhead
- Migration fear and stalled plans
How the program helps
- Phased migration with low risk
- Parity-validated configuration
- One automation standard to maintain
Practice use cases
- cookbook conversion
- node migration
- agent removal
Manage cloud and hybrid configurations as code
Enable cloud engineers to apply Ansible patterns across virtual machines, containers, and hybrid infrastructure.
Workflow friction
- Cloud sprawl and config drift
- Divergent dev and prod configs
- Slow environment build times
How the program helps
- Consistent hybrid configuration
- Code-reviewed infrastructure changes
- Faster environment provisioning
Practice use cases
- hybrid provisioning
- config templating
- env parity
Cohorts are grouped by role and platform experience so labs match the infrastructure each team owns.
Prerequisites: This program suits platform engineers, DevOps and SRE teams, and infrastructure administrators who manage server fleets. No prior Ansible experience is required; basic Linux command-line comfort helps. Instructors adapt labs to your stack, legacy tooling, and current automation priorities.
Ops Engineer to Automation Lead
Start with configuration fundamentals and Ansible basics, advance through secrets, pipelines, and migration, and finish able to own a production automation pipeline.
One program that grows with DevOps and platform engineering careers, from configuration basics to confident automation ownership.
Different Teams, Locations, Time Zones, or Languages? We've Got You Covered.
Whether your teams are spread across countries, time zones, languages, or experience levels, we deliver tailored training programs that ensure a consistent learning experience across your global workforce.
Certificate of Training Completion.
On successful completion, employees receive an Edstellar course completion certificate, recognizing their commitment to ongoing learning and professional development. It validates the skills they have built and motivates them to keep growing and contribute to organizational success.
Earned, not attended. Awarded on completion of all hands-on labs and the capstone project.
Training Delivery Modes: Onsite, Virtual and Hybrid
Instructor-led delivery shaped to your team's way of working: onsite for infrastructure deep dives, live virtual for distributed teams, or hybrid for both.
Onsite Training
Delivered at your facility with instructors working against your real infrastructure and legacy tooling estates.
- Tailored to your stack and legacy tools
- Direct access to your lab environments
- Team-wide alignment in one room
- Hands-on labs with your scenarios
Live Virtual Training
Fully interactive live virtual sessions with guided labs in shared environments and small-group breakout work.
- Live instructor-led sessions, not recordings
- Guided labs in shared test networks
- Breakout rooms for role-based groups
- Scheduling across time zones
Hybrid Training
A flexible mix of onsite sessions and live virtual labs, so engineers learn configuration automation without leaving their on-call rotations.
- Onsite deep dives plus remote labs
- Schedule-friendly delivery across shifts
- Live instructor guidance in every session
- Same curriculum and labs in all formats
Need a customized training format that works for your team?
Our training delivery is customized to your team's schedule, full days, half days, sessions spread across weeks, or modular formats. Share your preferred timeline, and we'll plan the training around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Share your team size, platform mix, and delivery preference and we will return a tailored quote within one business day.
Yes. A discovery call with a training advisor helps us map your configuration automation goals to the curriculum before you book.
Yes. Live virtual sessions run with guided labs in shared test networks and breakout rooms for small-group work.
Yes. Onsite delivery is available at your facility, with instructors tailoring labs to your infrastructure and tooling.
The program runs 24 hours of instructor-led time, typically across 3 full days or six half-day sessions.
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Where this Training Fits in Your Team's learning path.
Configuration management follows Linux administration so your team knows the systems it is automating. Ansible is the focus, with Chef and Puppet covered for legacy estates. Terraform and GitOps then extend the same code-driven approach to infrastructure and Kubernetes.
ADMINISTER LINUX
Linux Administration Training
Administer Linux systems, the targets configuration management keeps consistent.
MANAGE CONFIGURATION
Configuration Management with Ansible (Legacy: Chef/Puppet) Training
Manage server configuration with Ansible, and maintain existing Chef and Puppet estates.
ADD TERRAFORM
Infrastructure as Code with Terraform & OpenTofu Training
Provision servers, networks and cloud resources with Terraform so configuration management has consistent targets.
GO GITOPS
GitOps with Argo CD & Flux Training
Manage Kubernetes deployments from Git with Argo CD or Flux.
Why Choose Edstellar as Your Configuration Management with Ansible (Legacy: Chef/Puppet) Training Provider
Edstellar delivers instructor-led configuration management training built around your stack, your automation goals, and outcomes you can measure.
EXPERT TRAINERS
YEARS DELIVERING
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Tailored
Modules, labs, and the capstone are tailored to your stack, legacy tooling, and configuration automation goals.
Proven Methodology
Training follows a proven assess, learn, practice, apply arc that turns automation findings into deployed pipelines.
Practice-Based Learning
Six guided labs and a capstone have teams writing playbooks, securing secrets, and migrating legacy nodes.
Expert Trainers
Sessions are led by DevOps and platform practitioners who run configuration automation in production.
Global Scale
Consistent configuration management programs delivered across regions, time zones, and multi-site engineering teams.
Measurable Outcomes
Drift closure, deployment frequency, and migration progress metrics show exactly what the training delivered.
Build Reusable Ansible Automation With Verified Configuration and Legacy Migration
Edstellar connects configuration-management foundations with Ansible roles, protected variables, and pipeline integration. Engineers automate test environments and compare migrated legacy behavior before presenting an end-to-end configuration workflow. Feedback examines idempotence, reusable structure, secret handling, and the test evidence supporting changes rather than assuming automation is safe merely because it runs.
- Step 01
Consult
We assess Linux familiarity and fleet-management responsibilities to identify gaps in drift control, reusable playbooks, environment variables, and legacy automation migration.
- Step 02
Plan
We establish drift and configuration principles before playbooks and roles, Vault and templates, AWX pipelines, and legacy conversion within the integrated configuration workflow.
- Step 03
Align
We align Ansible instruction with platform, DevOps, SRE, and administration roles, confirming test-node access and Linux support suited to existing automation experience.
- Step 04
Customize
We tailor server roles, environment templates, and legacy cookbook examples to representative infrastructure while using test credentials and explicit behavioral-parity criteria.
- Step 05
Execute
Participants write roles, template configurations, and connect AWX jobs, receiving feedback on idempotence, lint and test results, secret handling, and migration parity.
- Step 06
Evaluate
We assess the configuration pipeline for repeatable behavior, reusable roles, protected variables, tested legacy equivalence, and clear evidence supporting deployment decisions.
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Configuration Management with Ansible (Legacy: Chef/Puppet) Training Packages & Pricing
Where L&D holds an annual budget, license packages price the whole year at once instead of raising a purchase order per workshop. Hours and licenses are pooled across teams, programs and locations, so unused capacity is not stranded in one department.
Starter
120
trainee licenses64 hours of group training
Tailored for SMBs
Growth
320
trainee licenses160 hours of group training
Ideal for growing SMBs
Enterprise
800
trainee licenses400 hours of group training
Designed for large corporations
Custom
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trainee licensesDuration set by the rollout
Multi-region and multi-year
Training Packages & Pricing
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