Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform skills path

April 23, 2024•
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Red Hat® Training and Certification offers training on Red Hat Ansible® Automation Platform for individuals just starting out with Ansible—and for experts who want to learn more advanced automation topics. Our comprehensive curriculum helps Ansible Automation Platform users improve their knowledge and develop skills to boost productivity and advance their careers.

Begin with our free technical overview for an introduction to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform:

Then you can move on to the full skills path that best fits your role. 

Automation skills path for Linux administrators

To start on this skills path, you must be a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA®). Once you have that required certification, or the equivalent skills, you can begin the automation skills path.

RHCE certification, or an equivalent skill level, is required to progress to more advanced Ansible Automation Platform courses:

Automation skills path for Windows administrators

This path is designed for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and developers who need to automate administration on a Windows Server. No previous experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation or Linux is required.

After DO417, individuals who want to learn about Event-Driven Ansible concepts can also take:

Key benefits of Red Hat training[1]

  • 25% to 50% more efficient in completing day-to-day IT tasks
  • 20% reduction in tickets generated, and a 32% reduction in time to remediate tickets
  • Increased rate of effectiveness for new hires from 50% to 77%
We have a much tighter structure because we rely on Red Hat-trained staff. Our environment is better planned, implemented, and managed because of the level of expertise that comes from being professionally trained. We are more secure, more predictable, and get more bang for our buck because we invest in training.[1]

— ESG study participant

Automation skills path for network administrators

This path is designed for network administrators, network automation engineers, and infrastructure automation engineers with networking and Linux experience.

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Take a skills assessment to determine the best place for you to begin. 

  1. Enterprise Strategy Group Economic Validation, “Analyzing the economic impact of Red Hat Training,” January 2024.

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