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Automation: Eliminate Repetitive Tasks, Scale Your Operations

Learn IT automation with Ansible, Terraform, and scripting tools. Build infrastructure as code and automated workflows for reliable, repeatable operations.

What Is IT Automation?

IT automation replaces manual, repetitive processes with software that performs those tasks automatically. This includes configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef), infrastructure provisioning (Terraform), task scheduling (cron, systemd timers), and workflow automation.

Modern IT organizations automate everything possible — server provisioning, configuration, deployment, monitoring, and remediation. Our automation books teach you the tools and practices to eliminate manual work and increase reliability.

Why Automation Matters

  • Scale: Manage hundreds of servers, not just handfuls
  • Consistency: Automated processes are identical every time
  • Speed: Deploy changes in minutes instead of hours
  • Reliability: Remove human error from critical processes
  • Career Growth: Automation skills define modern IT careers

Who Should Learn Automation?

  • System Administrators: Evolve into automation-focused roles
  • DevOps Engineers: Build automated infrastructure pipelines
  • Site Reliability Engineers: Automate incident response and remediation
  • IT Managers: Reduce operational costs and increase reliability

Key Topics

  • Ansible playbooks and roles
  • Terraform infrastructure as code
  • Configuration management principles
  • CI/CD pipeline automation
  • Cron and scheduled tasks
  • Monitoring and auto-remediation
  • GitOps workflows
  • Idempotent operations

Learning Path

  1. Scripting: Bash and Python automation basics
  2. Configuration: Ansible for server management
  3. Infrastructure: Terraform for cloud provisioning
  4. CI/CD: Pipeline automation and deployment
  5. Monitoring: Automated alerting and remediation
  6. GitOps: Version-controlled infrastructure

Career Opportunities

  • Automation Engineer: €55,000 – €90,000/year
  • DevOps Engineer: €60,000 – €100,000/year
  • SRE: €70,000 – €120,000/year
  • Platform Engineer: €65,000 – €110,000/year

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which automation tool should I learn first?
Start with Ansible — it is agentless, easy to learn, and widely used. Then add Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
Does automation replace sysadmins?
No! Automation changes what sysadmins do. Instead of manual tasks, you design and manage automation systems — a more valuable and interesting role.

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