
End-to-End Infrastructure Automation using Terraform & Ansible
This Learning Path introduces you to Telco Cloud automation through two focused labs: first Terraform, then Ansible. You’ll start by using Terraform to model and provision telco infrastructure on OpenStack and Kubernetes—building reusable modules, managing state, and automating the deployment of CNFs, VNFs, and other cloud-native network services. Once the infrastructure is in place, you’ll move to Ansible to configure network functions, apply templated configurations, and automate day-2 operations across your environment. By the end, you’ll have a practical, end-to-end workflow where Terraform handles infrastructure provisioning and Ansible manages configuration and lifecycle tasks, closely reflecting real-world telecom deployment and operations practices.
About The Learning path
Audiences
Learning Path Flow:
The lab architecture leverages Terraform as the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) framework for Telco environments, targeting both OpenStack and Kubernetes-based infrastructure. It enables the automated provisioning and management of the resources required to run CNFs, VNFs, and 5G core components. Participants will explore how Terraform orchestrates Telco infrastructure elements such as routers, firewalls, load balancers, virtual appliances, and Kubernetes clusters by interacting with OpenStack and K8s abstractions, while applying industry best practices in modular design, security, reproducibility, and end-to-end lifecycle automation.
- Understand Terraform fundamentals and IaC benefits
- Manage Terraform state for distributed and large-scale environments.
- Automate lifecycle operations such as scaling, upgrades, and teardown.
- Use modules to standardize infrastructure provisioning across sites.
- Apply best practices for security, reproducibility, and collaboration in Telco IaC projects.
Lab Architecture:
This hands-on training offers an immersive environment centered on Ansible, allowing students to master Ansible from basic commands on a single host to deploying advanced playbooks on more complex infrastructures.
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Lab Objectives:
- Master Ansible’s agentless architecture and declarative automation.
- Learn to write efficient playbooks with tasks, modules, and templates.
- Develop troubleshooting skills for debugging and handling failures.
- Automate network and system tasks like firewalls and deployments.
- Optimize infrastructure with structured inventory and Ansible facts.
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