Developing Advanced Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
- Course Code AU374
- Duration 4 days
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Course Overview
TopAdvance your Ansible skills and develop automation that scales by applying recommended practices with the new, container-focused tools from Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
Developing Advanced Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AU374) is designed for automation content developers to use the container-focused tools from Red Hat® Ansible Automation Platform to efficiently develop automation that can be managed through the Ansible Automation Platform unified UI.
Learn recommended practices for automation development using reusable code, advanced playbook techniques, shared automation execution environments, and preparing for scalable automation with automation content navigator.
Use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to develop automation in a way that scales to large teams and complex enterprises.
In this course you will gain the skills to effectively manage and optimize playbooks, create and share automation execution environments and collections, and learn how to use automation content navigator for managing the automation lifecycle.
This course is based on Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5.
Note : Starting January 1, 2026, Red Hat introduces RHLS-Course — a flexible subscription model now included with this catalog offering. This replaces the previous direct virtual class enrollment from Global Knowledge.
When you purchase this item, you’ll receive an RHLS subscription at the course level, giving you the freedom to choose the schedule that works best and self-enroll in your selected class.
Your RHLS subscription includes:
• One live, instructor-led virtual session
• 12 months of self-paced learning access
• One certification exam with a free retake
Onsite Classroom-based sessions and closed course options remain unchanged.
Updated Jan2026
Course Schedule
TopTarget Audience
TopThis course is designed for users who create automation content, including these roles:
- Developers
- DevOps engineers
- Linux system administrators
- Other IT professionals with some experience using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to automate, provision, configure, and deploy applications and services in a Linux environment
Course Objectives
TopAfter this course participants should be able to:
- Use the capabilities of automation content navigator to develop Ansible Playbooks.
- Apply recommended practices for effective and efficient automation with Ansible.
- Use advanced features of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to work with data, including filters and plug-ins.
- Perform automation operations as rolling updates.
- Create automation execution environments to bundle and distribute the dependencies needed to run automation code.
Course Content
TopDevelop Playbooks with Ansible Automation Platform 2
Develop Ansible Playbooks with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 by following recommended practices.
Manage Ansible Content Collections and Automation Execution Environments
Run playbooks that use content collections not included in ansible-core, either from an existing execution environment or by downloading them from the automation hub.
Run Playbooks with Automation Controller
Explain what automation controller is and demonstrate how to use it to run playbooks that you developed with automation content navigator.
Work with Ansible Configuration Settings
Examine and adjust the configuration of Ansible and automation content navigator to simplify development and to troubleshoot issues.
Manage Inventories
Manage inventories by using advanced features of Ansible.
Manage Task Execution
Control and optimize the execution of tasks by Ansible Playbooks.
Transform Data with Filters and Plug-ins
Populate, manipulate, and manage data in variables using filters and plug-ins.
Coordinate Rolling Updates
Use advanced features of Ansible to manage rolling updates in order to minimize downtime and to ensure maintainability and simplicity of Ansible Playbooks.
Create Ansible Content Collections and Automation Execution Environments
Write your own Ansible Content Collections, publish them, embed them in a custom automation execution environment, and run them in playbooks by using automation controller.
Course Prerequisites
Top- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible (RH294)
- Be a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE®) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 or later, or demonstrate equivalent Ansible experience
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Test Certification
Top- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Developing Automation with Ansible Automation Platform exam (EX374)
Follow on Courses
TopContinue building automation skills with:
- Red Hat Services Management and Automation (RH358)
- Managing Enterprise Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (DO467 - AU467)
- Microsoft Windows Automation with Red Hat Ansible (DO417 - AU417)
- Ansible for Network Automation (DO457- AU457)
Further Information
Top- Official course book provided to participants