The Zen of Ansible

[This blog post is based on my presentation at AnsibleFest 2022 in Chicago and virtually.] Recently, a suggestion was made to adopt Tim Peters’ “The Zen of Python”  as an overall guiding principle for designing good automation content. That gave me pause because it didn’t seem like the right thing to me. While there is Read more about The Zen of Ansible[…]

Ansible Wisdom and ChatGPT: Putting it to the test

Image: DALL-E Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing how we work and play in exciting ways. At first glance, AI tools, such as ChatGPT, seem to provide all the correct answers. But once we delve deeper and implement the suggestions, it often isn’t as effortless as it appears. This is especially true when generating code. In Read more about Ansible Wisdom and ChatGPT: Putting it to the test[…]

AnsibleFest 2022 Quick Take: expanding to AWS, Event-Driven Automation and Project Wisdom

AnsibleFest 2022 was our first in-person event in a few years, and it delivered some exciting news that will impact the growth and expansion of automation for our customers in the months to come. We had more than 450 organizations represented in person in Chicago. Our keynotes featured Red Hat, IBM Research, and Rockwell Automation. Read more about AnsibleFest 2022 Quick Take: expanding to AWS, Event-Driven Automation and Project Wisdom[…]

What’s new in Ansible Automation Platform 2.3

We are thrilled to announce the general availability of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3. If you didn’t get the opportunity to attend AnsibleFest 2022 in Chicago, or get time to watch the keynotes on the AnsibleFest content hub, I am the lucky Ansiblite (or is it Ansi-Bull) who will walk you through all the Read more about What’s new in Ansible Automation Platform 2.3[…]

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[…]

What’s new in Ansible Automation Platform 2.2

  The Ansible product team at Red Hat is thrilled to announce the general availability of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2, which includes numerous features and bug fixes that further solidify Ansible Automation Platform as the de facto enterprise IT automation solution for developers to operations teams in data centers, clouds, and at the Read more about What’s new in Ansible Automation Platform 2.2[…]

Inside the newest features in the Red Hat Ansible Certified Content Collection for ServiceNow ITSM

The Red Hat Ansible Certified Content Collection for ServiceNow helps you create automated workflows targeting IT service management (ITSM) tasks faster while establishing and maintaining a single source of truth in the ServiceNow configuration management database (CMDB). In this blog, I’ll share the latest features we’ve added to the Collection, and you can find additional Read more about Inside the newest features in the Red Hat Ansible Certified Content Collection for ServiceNow ITSM[…]

The top 5 Ansible Automation Platform blogs of 2021

Year-end recaps have a way of encapsulating the most significant topics of the year, ones that sparked a curiosity to learn more, excitement to incorporate into our work, and inspiration to put our core takeaways into practice. As a newer member of the Ansible Automation Platform team, I’m always interested to learn which blogs resonate Read more about The top 5 Ansible Automation Platform blogs of 2021[…]

What’s new: network automation using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1

A financial customer explained his first automation priority in the most visual and understandable way: “I want to paint all of my network devices with the color of the company.” What I like about that analogy is that it clearly describes the first rule for automation: customers must define their golden configurations (the color to Read more about What’s new: network automation using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1[…]

New reference architecture: Deploying Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1

With the release of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1, we are proud to deliver the latest reference architecture on the best practices for deploying a highly available Ansible Automation Platform environment.  Why are you going to love it? This reference architecture focuses on providing a step-by-step deployment procedure to install and configure a highly Read more about New reference architecture: Deploying Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1[…]