Item: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for updating servers, both RHEL & Windows across multiple cloud platforms. We use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for VM post provisioning to accomplish compliance, AD join, etc. Along the same lines we also use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for some Day 2 operations.

Pros and Cons

Once you understand the pieces of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform it is relatively easy to use.
It does integrate with other platforms like Terraform Enterprise.
Does provide somewhat decent error logs to help troubleshoot.

It does seem to have some limitations on updating without issue at times.
Once in a while has some weird issue that creep up out of no where which require server reboots.

Return on Investment

It allows us to accomplish provision in the same manner all the time.
There are times when Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform versions don't play well with some of the Ansible playbook modules.

Alternatives Considered

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Red Hat OpenShift

For the most part pretty well. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform will always have room for improvement for a while since it really is a bit of a moving target and will always strive for new capabilities. RHEL of course has been around for some time and it does what it is designed to do.

Key Insights

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

Not sure

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

Other Software Used

HashiCorp Terraform, HashiCorp Packer, Python IDLE

Likelihood to Recommend

It is very capable of accomplishing VM provisioning, patching maintenance, day 2 operations and app installation. It will handle multiple jobs all at once as long as your infrastructure is capable of handling the load.

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a great product!!

Software Version

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform