Ansible Automation Platform Review - Energy Industry
May 08, 2024

Ansible Automation Platform Review - Energy Industry

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Enterprise

Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Currently used to provision new machines, install patches and software, ensure compliance with security policies. We're moving forward with continuously adding more functions to the systems and expanding into network, storage, Windows, application installs, etc.
Addressing problems of consistency between systems, reduction of administrative overhead, and improvements in agility.
  • Consistent results
  • Quick execution of complex procedures
  • Fonts in the UI need to be shrink/expand so more detail can be displayed.
  • Add/remove columns in the main dashboard
  • Copying constructed inventories is broken; they no longer update correctly if copied - my experience.
  • Positive: Used for provisioning of new Linux VMs
  • Positive: Used for Linux patching
  • Negative: Language consistency issues with Linux

Do you think Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform again?

Yes

Well suited for anything Ansible-related; not suitable for non-Ansible stuff ... but can be called to execute some automation from Jenkins or some other automation.
RBAC could be improved. Main system has very good support for multiple authentication methods. Installer can be flaky; does require gardening.
Needs unified authentication ... Private Hub and EDA seem to have their own authentication mechanisms.

Ansible Feature Ratings

Infrastructure Automation
10
Automated Provisioning
10
Parallel Execution
8
Node Management
8
Reporting & Logging
9
Inventory Control
9
Version Control
9
Role-based access control
7