MSc Ansible Automation & Security

Automation · Live · v0

Path type: Automation
Requirements: Open entry
Enrollment: €9.95
Deadline: Next cohort starts 2027-09-06 (AY 2027/28)
Length: ~1 year · 42 phases
Language: English · Español
Content freshness: Curriculum updated 2026-08-22 · content rev 16654a40
Cortex Credits (CC): 126 CC
What are Cortex Credits?
Syllabus: View the phase syllabus

Foundations & lab hygiene

Install & the two Ansibles

The Cortex Estate lab range

Inventory basics

Ad-hoc commands & the module idea

Idempotency & module semantics

Configuration & the environment

First playbook

Modules in depth

Handlers

Loops & conditionals

Blocks, error handling & tags

register & set_fact

Variable precedence

Jinja2 templating

Facts & caching

Magic vars & data

Roles anatomy

import vs include & role dependencies

Role interfaces

Galaxy roles & requirements

Project structure

Dynamic inventory

Constructed inventory & patterns

Parallelism & rolling updates

Delegation

Async & long-running tasks

Ansible Vault

Secrets hygiene

Connection & become intro

Network segmentation on the estate

Collections & FQCN

Galaxy vs Automation Hub

Linting & style

ansible-navigator & EEs (intro)

Molecule (intro)

AAP awareness: AWX hands-on

Playbook architecture & good practices

Intro security & hardening

Capstone

Postmortem, good practice & the versioning chapter

Portal integration & bridge to the PhD

Syllabus →
Enrolment prerequisites: A verified account and admissions-committee approval.

Professor: Vacancy available