Ansible Role that Automates Deploying of Microsoft SQL Server on Linux

Do you have hard times installing Microsoft SQL Server on Linux? Do you want to take performance advantage of running SQL Server on Linux but do not have much experience in Linux system administrating? There is a new solution for you. Recently, Red Hat introduced the microsoft.sql.server Ansible role that provides a standardized automated interface for installing and configuring Microsoft SQL Server 2017 and 2019 on Linux. To get started, you'll need the following: * Basic Linux knowledge * Spin up a virtual or bare-metal machine running one of the supported Linux distributions: RHEL, CentOS, or Fedora * Basics of Ansible That's pretty much it. To use the role, you do not need to be an expert in Linux because the role automates all the processes, you only need to provide the basic information and the role will do the rest. During this session, you will learn how to get and use this role to deploy SQL Server on Linux. You will also learn about the future plans for the role functionality, such as automating HA configuration.