Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform now available in AWS Marketplace

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 Read more about Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform now available in AWS Marketplace[…]

Assessing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform vulnerabilities

What your security scanner isn’t telling you   Security, more than ever, needs to move with speed, and we hear much about “shifting security left” and DevSecOps as methods to help achieve this. As this new paradigm gains momentum, so does the reliance on automated security tools to identify and mitigate software vulnerabilities at scale. Read more about Assessing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform vulnerabilities[…]

Let Ansible keep an eye on your AWS environment

In a cloud model, the security of the environment and compliance becomes the responsibility of both the end users and the cloud provider. This is what we call the shared responsibility model in which every part of the cloud, including the hardware, data, configurations, access rights, and operating system, are protected. Depending on the local Read more about Let Ansible keep an eye on your AWS environment[…]

Using Ansible and Packer, From Provisioning to Orchestration

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform can help you orchestrate, operationalize and govern your hybrid cloud deployments.  In my last public cloud blog, I talked about Two Simple Ways Automation Can Save You Money on Your AWS Bill and similarly to Ashton’s blog Bringing Order to the Cloud: Day 2 Operations in AWS with Ansible, we Read more about Using Ansible and Packer, From Provisioning to Orchestration[…]

Migrate to Azure Monitor Agent on Azure Arc using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Azure Arc is becoming the default Microsoft Azure service for connecting non-Azure infrastructure into Azure monitoring and administration.  Azure has also issued a deprecation notice for the Azure Log Analytics Agents; Microsoft Monitoring Agent and Log Analytics (OMS).  Azure Monitor Agent replaces these agents, introducing a simplified, flexible method of configuring collection configuration called Data Read more about Migrate to Azure Monitor Agent on Azure Arc using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform[…]

Ansible vs. Terraform Demystified

  Ansible and Terraform are two very powerful but unique open source IT tools that are often compared in competitive discussions.  We often see comparisons of the two tools – but many times, these comparisons are done purely from a “spec sheet” comparison. This type of comparison, while an interesting read, doesn’t take into account Read more about Ansible vs. Terraform Demystified[…]

Monitoring Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Red Hat OpenShift – The Easy Way

As Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform enables teams and organizations to drive their automation from across the cloud and on-premise, keeping Ansible Automation Platform healthy with the ability to monitor key metrics becomes paramount. This blog post demonstrates how to monitor the API metrics provided by an Ansible Automation Platform environment when deployed within Red Read more about Monitoring Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Red Hat OpenShift – The Easy Way[…]

DevOps and CI/CD with automation controller

  DevOps strives to improve service delivery by bringing teams together, streamlining processes, automating tasks and making these available in a self-service manner. Many organisations don’t realise the full benefits of DevOps for multiple reasons, including unintegrated tools, manual handovers, and lack of a unified automation solution, leading to islands of automation.   “If we Read more about DevOps and CI/CD with automation controller[…]

Creating Kubernetes Dynamic Inventories with kubernetes.core Modules

When managing infrastructure, there are times when a dynamic inventory is essential. Kubernetes is a perfect example of this where you may create multiple applications within a namespace but you will not be able to create a static inventory due to Kubernetes appending a systems-generated string to uniquely identify objects.  Recently, I decided to play Read more about Creating Kubernetes Dynamic Inventories with kubernetes.core Modules[…]

Using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to Enable a Policy as Code Solution

Nelson, the director of operations of a large manufacturing company, told me that he has a highly leveraged staff. That is, most of the work on the company’s critical cloud project is being done by consultants and vendors, and not by their team members. Unfortunately, much of the staff’s time is spent making sure that Read more about Using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to Enable a Policy as Code Solution[…]