Configuration Management Skill

MANDATORY

• Ansible playbooks and roles
• Inventory management (static and dynamic)
• Idempotent configuration patterns
• Variable management and templating
• Common modules (package, service, file, user)

OPTIONAL

• Chef cookbooks and recipes
• Puppet manifests and modules
• SaltStack states and pillars
• Configuration drift detection
• Secret management integration

ADVANCED

• Custom Ansible modules
• Multi-environment orchestration
• Performance optimization for large fleets
• Integration with IaC tools
• Compliance as Code

Assets

• See

  assets/ansible-patterns.yaml

  for playbook templates