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Demystifying Ansible Automation Platform A Definitive Way to Manage Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible Tower /

Explore Ansible Automation Platform and understand how the different pieces interact to standardize and scale automation Key Features Curated by a senior consultant at Red Hat with real-world examples to maximize use of Ansible Automation Platform Use roles and modules to create interactive playbook...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sullivan, Sean C., 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Birmingham : Packt Publishing, Limited, 2022.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contributors
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Part 1: Getting Ansible Automation Platform Up and Running
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Ansible Automation Platform
  • Technical requirements
  • AAP overview
  • Automation controller (Red Hat Ansible Tower)
  • Automation execution environments
  • Automation hub
  • Automation services catalog
  • Red Hat Insights for Red Hat AAP
  • Ansible content tools
  • Key differences between upstream and official Red Hat products
  • Overview of the methods that will be used in this book
  • Introduction to the roles and modules that will be used in this book
  • The manual approach
  • Using Ansible to manage the configuration
  • Execution environments and Ansible Navigator
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2: Installing Ansible Automation Platform
  • Technical requirements
  • Getting a trial version of Ansible Automation Platform
  • Planning an installation on a machine
  • The distinct types of nodes
  • High availability
  • Installation methods
  • Setting variables for the automation mesh and node types
  • Installing Galaxy NG on a machine
  • Backing up and restoring the installation
  • Backing up
  • Secret key redistribution
  • Restore
  • Issues that can arise when using the installer
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3: Installing Ansible Automation Platform on OpenShift
  • Technical requirements
  • Installing AWX on minikube
  • Installing CodeReady Containers
  • Installing the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform operator on an OpenShift cluster
  • Exploring the Automation controller and Automation hub on OpenShift
  • Learning about Automation controller specifics on OpenShift
  • Secret fields
  • Learning Automation hub specifics
  • Backing up and restoring a backup for Automation hub and the Automation controller on OpenShift
  • Summary
  • Chapter 4: Configuring Settings and Authentication
  • Technical requirements
  • Getting a trial version of Ansible Automation Platform
  • Configuring Automation controller settings
  • Registering the Automation controller with a subscription manifest
  • Updating Automation controller settings
  • Configuring the RH-SSO server SAML
  • Getting values from a Windows AD server
  • Configuring the RH-SSO server
  • Setting Automation hub administrators with RH-SSO
  • Integrating the Automation controller with RH-SSO
  • Troubleshooting the SAML configuration
  • Integrating LDAP with Microsoft AD
  • Automation controller LDAP bind and user variables
  • Automation controller LDAP group variables
  • Automation controller LDAP miscellaneous variables
  • Troubleshooting
  • Setting up other authentication methods
  • Adding users and teams to the Automation controller without an IdP
  • Adding users and groups to the Automation hub without an IdP
  • Summary
  • Part 2: Configuring AAP
  • Chapter 5: Configuring the Basics after Installation
  • Technical requirements