Importing Ansible Validated Content into Private Automation Hub

Introduction

Ansible validated content is a set of collections containing pre-built YAML content (such as playbooks or roles) to address the most common automation use cases. You can use Ansible validated content out-of-the-box or as a learning opportunity to develop your automation skills. It's a trusted starting point to bootstrap your automation: use it, customize it and learn from it!

This content is curated by experts like the Red Hat Automation Community of Practice so:

Use cases are based on successfully deployed customer examples
Content creators are trusted and verified subject matter experts
Content itself adheres to the latest best practices and guidelines issued by Red Hat’s engineering team
Ansible validated content is tested against supported versions of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Ansible Automation Platform is a trusted delivery system to access and leverage Ansible validated content in your organization.

How can I get this Ansible validated content into my Ansible Automation Platform on clouds (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) deployment?

To do this there are a few short steps. Let’s walk through these together.

As part of your Ansible Automation Platform on cloud, you will also have a private automation hub. This is your own internal automation content Continue reading

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform now available on Google Cloud Marketplace

google cloud blog

Breaking news! Red Hat just announced Ansible Automation Platform’s availability on Google Cloud Marketplace.

I’d like to take a few moments to provide some more details about this offering and why you should consider accessing Ansible Automation Platform directly from the Google Cloud Marketplace.

As organization’s hybrid cloud environments continue to grow in complexity, so does the need to increase efficiency and speed. The solution is to leverage an automation platform that can help any organization create, manage, and scale their automation efforts across the entire IT infrastructure. Ansible Automation Platform is the glue that coordinates and scales automation across all IT domains, and fosters a culture of collaboration across the disparate teams within an organization.

Google Cloud Marketplace deployment

Ansible Automation Platform deploys directly from the Google Cloud Marketplace as a self-managed application. The many benefits include:

It deploys into your environment, where you have total control over how you deploy, configure, and operationalize the solution.
Ongoing upgrades will be simpler because of this deployment model, so while this is a self-managed solution, it’s still simpler to maintain than if you had started from scratch yourself.
The ability to scale out the Ansible Automation Platform environment using Continue reading

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform now available in AWS Marketplace

AWS marketplace blog

At AnsibleFest 2022 in the “windy city” Chicago, Red Hat announced Ansible Automation Platform’s upcoming availability in AWS Marketplace. That day is here!

I’d like to take a few moments to provide some more details about this offering and why you should be considering Ansible Automation Platform in AWS Marketplace.

As organization’s hybrid cloud environments continue to grow in complexity, so does the need to increase efficiency and speed. The solution is to leverage an automation platform that can help any organization create, manage, and scale their automation efforts across the entire IT infrastructure. Ansible Automation Platform is the glue that can coordinate and scale automation across all IT domains.

AWS Marketplace deployment

Ansible Automation Platform deploys directly from the AWS Marketplace as a self-managed application. There are many benefits of deploying Ansible Automation Platform in AWS Marketplace.

It deploys into your environment, where you have total control over the solution.
Ongoing upgrades will be simpler because of this deployment model, so while this is a self-managed solution, it’s still simpler to maintain than if you had started from scratch yourself.
The ability to scale out the Ansible Automation Platform environment using extension nodes. (I’ll write a blog Continue reading

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Microsoft Azure – Network Access – blog #1

Introduction

In this blog series we will discuss the deployment of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Microsoft Azure, specifically focusing on the deployment access types and what that means for accessing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Azure after deployment completion.

Deployment Access Types

First let’s start by discussing the different deployment access types.

During deployment, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Azure will present an option called “Access” that determines how you will access the user interfaces.

Access Selection at Deploy Time

Deployment Type

Details

Public

Public deployments allow ingress to the user interfaces over the public internet. Upon deployment, a domain name is issued to the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Azure instance, and users will be able to navigate to the domain to login. This is the easiest approach to deploy because there is no configuration required to access Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Azure.

Public Access Architecture Diagram below

Public Access Architecture Diagram

Deployment Type	Details
Private	Private deployments omit access from the public internet. When deployed, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Azure will reside in an isolated Azure VNET with no access from external sources or even other Continue reading

Introducing a brand new way to automate your Azure Cloud

In December of 2021, Red Hat and Microsoft announced the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Microsoft Azure.

This year during Red Hat Summit 2022, Red Hat announced the General Availability of the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Microsoft Azure in North America with global availability coming soon.

I’d like to spend some time providing some more details about this offering and why you should be considering Ansible Automation Platform on Azure.

Azure Marketplace deployment

Ansible Automation Platform on Azure (AAP on Azure) deploys from the Azure Marketplace as a managed application. It deploys directly into your Azure Subscription, but Red Hat as the publisher of the application has access to a shared and secured managed resource group to support, maintain, and upgrade your deployment. More specifically, a dedicated Red Hat SRE team deals with all the ongoing management of AAP on Azure, while you focus on expanding your automation strategy within your organization across the hybrid cloud.

Azure Integrations

For many organizations using Azure today, there’s a huge benefit in taking advantage of AAP on Azure. It runs in your Azure subscription. It integrates seamlessly with many of the Azure services, Continue reading