In today’s fast paced world, every second counts and the ability to react to activities in a timely fashion can mean the difference between satisfying the needs of consumers and meeting Service-Level Agreements. Each are goals of Event-Driven Ansible, which seeks to further the reach of Ansible based automation by responding to events that meet Read more about Kubernetes Meets Event-Driven Ansible[…]
The Ansible validated content cloud.aws_troubleshooting introduces a role named troubleshoot_rds_connectivity. This role helps you troubleshoot AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) connectivity issues from an EC2 instance. The role diagnoses connectivity issues between an EC2 instance and an Amazon Relational Database Service instance by ensuring that the RDS instance is available and checking the associated security Read more about Troubleshoot RDS connectivity issues with Ansible validated content[…]
Image Source Image Source In today’s environment, mastering the hybrid cloud has become a key factor in IT transformation and business innovation. In this context, network complexity can be a nightmare, especially as organizations expand their infrastructure and embrace hybrid cloud and multi-cloud strategies. Without automation, monitoring and controlling network routing, infrastructure, and security in Read more about Maximize your hybrid cloud mastery with the Ansible validated content[…]
One of the key announcements at AnsibleFest 2022 was the introduction of the Event-Driven Ansible developer preview. This technology is currently available on GitHub and accessible by technology providers and end users to provide feedback and drive the ecosystem. ISVs and consulting/service partners are specifically invited to create event driven automation content that makes it Read more about Using Red Hat Insights as a source of events for Event-Driven Ansible automation[…]
Breaking news! Red Hat just announced Ansible Automation Platform’s availability on Google Cloud Marketplace. I’d like to take a few moments to provide some more details about this offering and why you should consider accessing Ansible Automation Platform directly from the Google Cloud Marketplace. As organization’s hybrid cloud environments continue to grow in complexity, so Read more about Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform now available on Google Cloud Marketplace[…]
Last year, I blogged about how to use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to migrate Azure Arc-enabled servers from Azure Log Analytics Agents (MMA/OMS) to Azure Monitor Agent (AMA). Azure Arc supports a number of other extensions that can add additional value to your Arc-enabled infrastructure. Since my previous article, all of these extensions have Read more about Enable Extensions on Azure Arc Connected Machines with Ansible Automation Platform[…]
In today’s fast moving world, schedule driven, incremental releases may not be what customers are looking for. After gathering input from both external and internal customers, there is a definite appetite for more content driven releases. Rather than waiting weeks to get official builds with a bug fix (schedule driven), most would like to have Read more about Bringing faster updates to Ansible Automation Platform[…]
We’re surrounded! Our modern systems and applications are constantly generating events. These events could be generated by service requests, application events, health checks, etc. With the wealth of information from event traffic surrounding everything we do, Event-Driven Ansible allows for automated responses to incoming events. But not only are we completely engulfed in event Read more about Creating custom Event-Driven Ansible source plugins[…]
TL;DR What is this? It has been a long term ask and our desire to make Smart Inventory, well, smarter. We’ve listened to feedback, and are now addressing not only direct customer asks but also presenting solutions to make it better overall. The current Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Smart Inventory The current Smart Read more about Ansible Automation Platform Moving Towards Smarter Inventory[…]
On November 29, we launched Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3, which included new and exciting features including improvements for Configuration as Code (CaC). Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 also includes improvements to automation controller as well as the introduction of Ansible validated content. This blog post will walk you through what CaC is and the Read more about Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 Configuration as Code Improvements[…]