Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform skills path
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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.
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.
Red Hat Linux® Automation with Ansible (RH294) - Recommended
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE®) exam for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (EX294) - Required
Developing Advanced Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (DO374) - Required
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Developing Automation with Ansible Automation Platform exam (EX374) - Required
Managing Enterprise Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (DO467) - Required
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Managing Automation with Ansible Automation Platform exam (EX467) - Required
RHCE certification, or equivalent the skill level, is required to progress to more advanced Ansible Automation Platform courses:
Red Hat Services Management and Automation (RH358) - Recommended
Automation skills path for Windows administrators
This path is designed for Windows Server administrators who need to automate administration on Windows Server. No previous experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation or Linux is required.
Microsoft Windows Automation with Red Hat Ansible (DO417) - Recommended
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.
Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) - Recommended
Preliminary exam in Red Hat System Administration I (PE124) - Recommended
Red Hat Ansible for Network Automation (DO457) - Recommended
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Network Automation (EX457) - Recommended
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IDC Business Value White Paper, sponsored by Red Hat. “The Business Value of Red Hat Training,” Doc. #US46999720, December 2020.
Business value of Red Hat training1
- 365% return on investment (ROI) over three years
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With Red Hat training it doesn’t matter which engineer is engaged on a project. They are all using Ansible for automating tasks, allowing them collectively to be five times as productive. This was not possible previously. As a result, they’ve definitely picked up the pace of productivity.