Ansible Automation Platform can work with two varieties of database:
Database, installed with Ansible Automation Platform
This database consists of a PostgreSQL installation done on the controller node, hub node, or separate node as part of Ansible Automation Platform installation using PostgreSQL packages provided by Red Hat.
An embedded database carries the following scope of coverage:
| Covered by Red Hat | Not covered by Red Hat |
|---|
| Installation | Replication configuration for HA or DR |
| Operation | HA/DR operation |
| Upgrades as part of a full platform upgrade | Upgrades independent of platform upgrades1 |
| Backup and restore |
| Performance diagnosis and potential tuning |
Notes:
1. Upgrading or customizing your database manually outside a full platform upgrade renders the database "customer provided" and limits the supportability as such.
Customer-provided or configured database
This is an external database that is provided by the customer, whether on bare metal, virtual machine, container, or cloud hosted service. When the Automation Platform is installed, the address and credentials for the database are provided. No other configuration is done. This database may be:
- a customer-deployed HA or DR configuration using PostgreSQL packages provided by Red Hat
- a customer-provided PostgreSQL database provided by a customer-internal team
- a cloud-hosted PostgreSQL database
- a third-party PostgreSQL offering
A customer-provided database must be a PostgreSQL-compatible database of the appropriate version or newer for the installed version of Ansible Automation Platform. See the Ansible Automation Platform installation documentation for requirements. This database should live in the same location as the other platform services.
A customer provided database carries the following scope of coverage:
| Covered by Red Hat | Not covered by Red Hat |
|---|
| Platform configuration and platform operation connected to the database | Replication configuration for HA or DR |
| Backup and restore (for Postgres versions that match what is provided with the Platform) | HA/DR operation |
| Backup and restore advice (for Postgres versions newer than what is provided with the Platform1) | Software and version upgrades |
| Commercially reasonable performance diagnosis and potential tuning | Customized configurations and hardening |
Ansible Automation Platform connecting to a highly-available or disaster-recovery configured database is a supported configuration. In this scenario, support is limited to the connection to the database as described above. During troubleshooting, if issues are detected that are determined to be with the HA configuration or the underlying infrastructure, Red Hat may at their discretion provide suggestions, or refer the customer to their third-party database vendor, cloud provider, or other responsible organizations.
For covered operations, no support exceptions are required.
For more information, see the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Scope of Coverage.
Notes:
1. If you are running a version of Postgres newer than what is provided through your version of the platform installer, backups and restores through the standard setup script may fail due to dependency version mismatch.
FAQs
5 areas to automate with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
- Application deployment. Deliver applications more reliably and frequently by automating application deployments. ...
- Security. Investigate and respond to threats using a curated collection of modules, roles, and playbooks. ...
- Infrastructure. ...
- DevOps. ...
- The network and edge.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform uses PostgreSQL 12. PostgreSQL user passwords will now be hashed with SCRAM-SHA-256 secure hashing algorithm before storing in the database.
Which of the following customer challenges does the Red Hat Ansible automation platform solve? ›
Your organization can tackle automation challenges from network and security automation, to cloud infrastructure provisioning, to configuration management, to continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), containers, and beyond.
Does Red Hat support Ansible automation platform? ›
If you or your company has purchased a subscription for Ansible Automation Platform, you can contact the support team at https://access.redhat.com. To better understand the levels of support which match your Ansible Automation Platform subscription, refer to Subscription Types.
What are the three main components in the Red Hat Ansible automation platform? ›
Then, you can add to your deployment any combination of the following automation platform components:
- 3.1. Ansible automation hub. ...
- 3.2. Private automation hub. ...
- 3.3. Automation services catalog. ...
- 3.4. Automation mesh. ...
- 3.5. Automation execution environments. ...
- 3.6. Ansible Galaxy. ...
- 3.7. Automation content navigator.
Network
| Scalability | Supports the automation requirements of networks of varying sizes. |
|---|
| Inventory | Maintains an up-to-date inventory of network devices and their configurations. |
| Infrastructure | Automates the provisioning of network resources and services. |
| Remote Access | Access full features of the plaform from a mobile device. |
3 more rowsRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a subscription product built on the foundations of Ansible with numerous enterprise features. It combines more than a dozen upstream projects into an integrated, streamlined product. Each product component also has a specific purpose with a well-defined scope.
Does Ansible have a database? ›
Database, installed with Ansible Automation Platform
This database consists of a PostgreSQL installation done on the controller node, hub node, or separate node as part of Ansible Automation Platform installation using PostgreSQL packages provided by Red Hat.
How does Ansible maintain its client database? ›
The key idea here is that we store all client-related database settings (except for database IP) inside variables for the client . They may come from host_vars , group_vars or any other source. The key idea is that client knwos everything about credentials (and database name).
What are the benefits of Red Hat Ansible automation? ›
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Trusted chain-of-custody for certified and private content. Security hardened with support, performance testing, bug fixes, and other standardized practices—for a more consistent and less vulnerable enterprise environment. 140+ certified content collections across 60+ partners.
Advantages of Ansible:
Simple set up: No special coding skills are necessary to use Ansible's playbooks (more on playbooks later). Powerful: Ansible lets you model even highly complex IT workflows. Flexible: You can orchestrate the entire application environment no matter where it's deployed.
What is the difference between Red Hat Ansible automation platform and Terraform? ›
Terraform is an open-source platform designed to provision cloud infrastructure, while Ansible is an open-source configuration management tool focused on the configuration of that infrastructure.
What are the disadvantages of using Ansible for IT automation? ›
Ansible, while powerful for data center automation, has limitations. Its statelessness can complicate complex orchestration tasks, and scalability may become an issue with a large number of managed nodes. Real-time monitoring capabilities are limited, and error handling can be challenging for complex scenarios.
What is the difference between Red Hat Ansible Tower and Ansible automation platform? ›
The main difference between Ansible Tower and Ansible Automation Platform is that Ansible Tower is an older version of the software which has now been replaced by Ansible Automation Controller which in turn is part of the Ansible Automation Platform.
What type of platform is Red Hat? ›
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What is the Ansible automation platform used for? ›
Ansible Automation hub allows you to locate new collections quickly, reuse and share content throughout your organization, create custom repositories for internal teams, and manage a combination of internally generated content, Red Hat Ansible Certified Content, and Ansible validated content.
What comes with the Ansible automation platform? ›
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (RHAAP) is an integrated solution for operationalizing Ansible across your team, organization, and enterprise. The platform includes a controller with a web console and REST API, analytics, execution environments, and much more.
What are the application areas of automation system? ›
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