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- Infrastructure Automation (44)8.888%
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What is Ansible?
The Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (acquired by Red Hat in 2015) is a foundation for building and operating automation across an organization. The platform includes tools needed to implement enterprise-wide automation, and can automate resource provisioning, and IT environments and configuration of systems and devices. It can be used in a CI/CD process to provision the target environment and to then deploy the application on it.
Its Automation Hub provides a one-stop-shop for Ansible content that is backed by support from Red Hat and its partners to deliver additional reassurance for demanding environments.
The Ansible project and Ansible Engine are open source technologies. The Ansible project is built by the community (ansible.com/community) for the benefit of the community. Ansible Engine is developed by Red Hat with the explicit intent of being used as an enterprise IT platform.
Its Automation Hub provides a one-stop-shop for Ansible content that is backed by support from Red Hat and its partners to deliver additional reassurance for demanding environments.
The Ansible project and Ansible Engine are open source technologies. The Ansible project is built by the community (ansible.com/community) for the benefit of the community. Ansible Engine is developed by Red Hat with the explicit intent of being used as an enterprise IT platform.
Ansible Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Linux |
| Mobile Application | No |
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The Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (acquired by Red Hat in 2015) is a foundation for building and operating automation across an organization. The platform includes tools needed to implement enterprise-wide automation, and can automate resource provisioning, and IT environments and configuration of systems and devices. It can be used in a CI/CD process to provision the target environment and to then deploy the application on it.
Reviewers rate Parallel Execution highest, with a score of 8.9.
The most common users of Ansible are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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May 21, 2024
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Right now, we only do basic stuff with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. We are planning in the coming weeks to use it to update/upgrade our 200+ RHEL servers. Got a lab today that was very useful, and I will put in place. We have been trying to use APP/Tower for the past 4 years. The only issue is time, time to write/get playbooks.
- Integration with other tools/providers
- Easy to use/ user friendly
- Maybe the host/group section
- Nothing special to add
88.75%
8.9
- We don't have any data yet on ROI
- Still at early usage stage
Ease of use, once you understand how to configure the tool, everything is a piece of cake. It runs pretty fast also, can use GITLab to manage our playbooks. Security options is great, can setup granular security depending on each team using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. It is also easy to update the software, barely fails.
3
People using AAP are mainly Unix administrators.
We also maintain our backup solution, which is Commvault, and the storage switches.
We will like to get other teams to use Ansible Automation Platform, such as the network admins, and Windows admins.
Including these two teams, it will represent about 15 admins.
We also maintain our backup solution, which is Commvault, and the storage switches.
We will like to get other teams to use Ansible Automation Platform, such as the network admins, and Windows admins.
Including these two teams, it will represent about 15 admins.
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I am the main automation administrator at our office.
The other 2 admins don't really know much about Ansible, so I'm doing everything.
I'm working hard to get these 2 admins to work with Ansible, so we can automate as much as possible.
The is getting vital for our orgnisation as we grow up, and getting more and more servers.
The other 2 admins don't really know much about Ansible, so I'm doing everything.
I'm working hard to get these 2 admins to work with Ansible, so we can automate as much as possible.
The is getting vital for our orgnisation as we grow up, and getting more and more servers.
- OS patching
- Event-Driven module
- OS readiness
- Event-driven tools, saves us a lot of time
- Can use ServiceNow to open tickets
- Install erratas, security patch automatically once per month
- Use more feature of Event-Driven server
No
- Scalability
- Integration with Other Systems
- Ease of Use
The first use case that we did was to implement AAP with our monitoring tool, NagiosXI.
Depending on the alert, we got NagiosXI to call a projet using the API to clean up some folders.
After doing the online traning with Red Hat on Automation, I was able to install AAP, configure it, and start using it. It was pretty easy to put AAP in place and make it work.
Depending on the alert, we got NagiosXI to call a projet using the API to clean up some folders.
After doing the online traning with Red Hat on Automation, I was able to install AAP, configure it, and start using it. It was pretty easy to put AAP in place and make it work.
There is nothing to add so far.
Evaluation process is short, not too long and boring. Full to fill.
Evaluation process is short, not too long and boring. Full to fill.
June 01, 2023
Ansible Review
we are using Ansible for patching and configuration management
- OS patching
- server build
- Configration management
- sameple playbooks from Red Hat community
- Pricing
- more focus for windows
- Patching
- adhoc tasks management
- reporting
- performance
- cost
- realibility
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5
RhCSA
- OS patching
- Configuration management
- Server build
We use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for patch management.
- Desired state
- Connectivity with other platforms
- VM provisioning
- Sometimes when SSH is not possible, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform will not run. It would be nice if there were other connection methods.
- Playbook writing.
- Not optimized out-of-the-box. Would be nice if the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform installer detected and customized the installation for the system the playbook is hosted on.
- Managing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform playbooks in a central golden repository
- Operator based, installed on OpenShift
- High availablity
- Much less time taken during patch management.
- If there are any issues, the playbook fails and we have to restart from the beginning.
It's the only one.
30
Patch management, database backups.
10
YAML writing, playbook management
- Ease of use
- Ansible High-available
- Network automation
Config mgmt. supporting the other areas of IT with playbooks. We provide the back end inf along with creating the job templates.
- Scalability
- Easy to use
- Powerful
- Collections
- Modules
Different animal. UC4 is used for application automation.
200
IT
50
DBAs and IT INf
May 24, 2023
Ansible review
Ansible is our infrastructure automation platform. We deploy and automation server builds, hardening, auditing, and anything else we can.
- Repeatable Automation
- Re-usable role based automation
- Audit log
- Install simplicity
- Centralized automation
- End user driven automation
- Programmatic automation
- ROI increase due to less contractor usage for short term projects
Ansible was in use when I was hired to the team
200
Assorted DT and end device users
4
All cloud and automation engineers
- Simplify resource deployment
- Reduce cost to deploy and maintain devices
- Auditing
- Divesture
- Manufacturing automation
No
- Ease of Use
NA Already in place
Not involved
- Implemented in-house
No
Change management was a minor issue with the implementation
None we have an easy CM process
- STIG compliance isnt documented well
We did, in an enterprise setting on source support isn't good enough.
Yes
No, it was an issue with v1 Automation Hub and we moved to V2
We had an issue with our AH token and sharing our account with another corporate team. RH provided a way to keep this updated without breaking either side by requesting new tokens.
- Work flow creation
- Error handling