Developing Advanced Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (DO374)

Agenda

1 - Develop Playbooks with Ansible Automation Platform 2

• Develop Ansible Playbooks following recommended practices with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.

2 - Manage Content Collections and Execution Environments

• Run playbooks that use content collections not included in ansible-core, either from an existing execution environment or by downloading them from the automation hub.

3 - Run Playbooks with Automation Controller

• Use the automation controller to run playbooks that you developed with automation content navigator.

4 - Work with Ansible Configuration Settings

• Examine and adjust the configuration of automation content navigator and the Ansible runner inside execution environments to simplify development and troubleshoot issues.

5 - Manage Inventories

• Manage inventories by using advanced features of Ansible.

6 - Manage Task Execution

• Control and optimize the execution of tasks by Ansible Playbooks.

7 - Transform Data with Filters and Plugins

• Populate, manipulate, and manage data in variables using filters and plugins.

8 - Coordinate Rolling Updates

• Use advanced features of Ansible to manage rolling updates in order to minimize downtime and to ensure maintainability and simplicity of Ansible Playbooks.

9 - Create Content Collections and Execution Environments

• Write your own Ansible Content Collections, publish them, embed them in a custom execution environment, and run them in playbooks by using the automation controller.