Demystifying Ansible Automation Platform: A definitive way to manage Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible Tower (en Inglés)
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Explore Ansible Automation Platform and understand how the different pieces interact to standardize and scale automationKey Features: Curated by a senior consultant at Red Hat with real-world examples to maximize use of Ansible Automation PlatformUse roles and modules to create interactive playbooks in Ansible Automation PlatformDiscover best practices for simplifying management of Ansible Automation PlatformBook Description: While you can use any automation software to simplify task automation, scaling automation to suit your growing business needs becomes difficult using only a command-line tool. Ansible Automation Platform standardizes how automation is deployed, initiated, delegated, and audited, and this comprehensive guide shows you how you can simplify and scale its management.The book starts by taking you through the ways to get Ansible Automation Platform installed, their pros and cons, and the initial configuration. You'll learn about each object in the platform, how it interacts with other objects, as well as best practices for defining and managing objects to save time. You'll see how to maintain the created pieces with infrastructure as code. As you advance, you'll monitor workflows with CI/CD playbooks and understand how Ansible Automation Platform integrates with many other services such as GitLab and GitHub.By the end of this book, you'll have worked through real-world examples to make the most of the platform while learning how to manipulate, manage, and deploy any playbook to Ansible Automation Platform.What You Will Learn: Get the hang of different parts of Ansible Automation Platform and their maintenanceBack up and restore an installation of Ansible Automation PlatformLaunch and configure basic and advanced workflows and jobsCreate your own execution environment using CI/CD pipelinesInteract with Git, Red Hat Authentication Server, and logging servicesIntegrate the Automation controller with services catalogUse Automation Mesh to scale Automation ControllerWho this book is for: This book is for IT administrators, DevOps engineers, cloud engineers, and automation engineers seeking to understand and maintain the controller part of Ansible Automation Platform. If you have basic knowledge of Ansible, can set up a virtual machine, or have OpenShift experience, and want to know more about scaling Ansible, this book is for you.
