Using Ansible Automation Platform, GitLab CE and Webhooks to Deploy IIS Website

Publicada el marzo 17, 2020 por Stack Over Cloud

Inside Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, the Ansible Tower REST API is the key mechanism that helps enable automation to be integrated into processes or tools that exist in an environment. With Ansible Tower 3.6 we have brought direct integration with webhooks from GitHub and GitLab, including the enterprise on-premises versions. This means that changes Read more about Using Ansible Automation Platform, GitLab CE and Webhooks to Deploy IIS Website[…]

Agnostic Network Automation Examples with Ansible and Juniper NRE Labs

Publicada el febrero 10, 2020 por Stack Over Cloud

On February 10th, The NRE Labs project launched four Ansible Network Automation exercises, made possible by Red Hat and Juniper Networks. This blog post covers job responsibilities of an NRE, the goal of Juniper’s NRE Labs, and a quick overview of new exercises and the concepts Red Hat and Juniper are jointly demonstrating. The intended Read more about Agnostic Network Automation Examples with Ansible and Juniper NRE Labs[…]

Ansible Content Collections: The Sensu Go Use Case

Publicada el diciembre 16, 2019 por Stack Over Cloud

In Getting Started With Ansible Content Collections, which presented the general idea behind what is becoming a new standard in the distribution of Ansible content, we learned about the what, the why and the how of Ansible Collections (and hopefully it got you excited about Ansible Collections!). In this post, we’ll take things a bit Read more about Ansible Content Collections: The Sensu Go Use Case[…]

What’s New In Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6

Publicada el noviembre 25, 2019 por Stack Over Cloud

As part of the release of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, we’re happy to announce the release of Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6. Ansible Tower is the scalable execution framework of the Ansible Automation Platform, providing an API around automation that you can use to scale automation across your enterprise and integrate automation into your Read more about What’s New In Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6[…]

Manage Secrets and Protect Sensitive Data

Publicada el noviembre 20, 2019 por Stack Over Cloud

Automation is an essential part of modern IT. In this blog I focus on Ansible credential plugins integration via Hashicorp Vault, an API addressable secrets engine which will make life easier for anyone wishing to handle secrets management and automation better. In order to automate effectively, modern systems require multiple secrets: certificates, database credentials, keys Read more about Manage Secrets and Protect Sensitive Data[…]

Getting Started With Automation Hub

Publicada el noviembre 19, 2019 por Stack Over Cloud

In the past, Ansible content such as roles, modules and plugins was usually consumed in two ways: the modules were part of the Ansible package, and roles could be found in Galaxy. However, as time went on the current method of content distribution had challenges with scale for both contributors and consumers of Ansible content. Read more about Getting Started With Automation Hub[…]

Getting Started With Ansible Content Collections

Publicada el noviembre 19, 2019 por Stack Over Cloud

With the release of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Ansible Content Collections are now fully supported. Ansible Content Collections, or collections, represent the new standard of distributing, maintaining and consuming automation. By combining multiple types of Ansible content (playbooks, roles, modules, and plugins), flexibility and scalability are greatly improved. Who Benefits? Everyone! Traditionally, module Read more about Getting Started With Ansible Content Collections[…]

Getting Started With Automation Analytics

Publicada el noviembre 19, 2019 por Stack Over Cloud

With the upcoming release of the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform there are now included Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings, one of which is Automation Analytics. This application provides a visual dashboard, health notifications and organization statistics for your Ansible Automation. Automation Analytics works across multiple Ansible Tower clusters allowing holistic analytics across your Read more about Getting Started With Automation Analytics[…]

Introducing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Publicada el septiembre 24, 2019octubre 12, 2019 por Stack Over Cloud

We are excited to introduce Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, a new offering that combines the simple and powerful Ansible solutions with new capabilities for cross-team collaboration, governance and analytics, resulting in a platform for building and operating automation at scale. Over the past several years, we’ve listened closely to the community, customers and partners Read more about Introducing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform[…]

Kubernetes Operators with Ansible Deep Dive: Part 2

Publicada el agosto 1, 2019febrero 9, 2020 por Stack Over Cloud

In part 1 of this series, we looked at operators overall, and what they do in OpenShift/Kubernetes. We peeked at the Operator SDK, and why you’d want to use an Ansible Operator rather than other kinds of operators provided by the SDK. We also explored how Ansible Operators are structured and the relevant files created by Read more about Kubernetes Operators with Ansible Deep Dive: Part 2[…]