Ansible Automation Platform Overview

Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) is an enterprise automation solution from Red Hat designed to join the power of Ansible Engine for automation with a suite of products that allow you to centralize, standardize, and operationalize your enterprise's automation at scale.

This module is designed to teach you how to take your automation and understanding of Ansible Engine and implement it in an enterprise automation environment using AAP.

This module is designed to introduce you to the Ansible Automation Platform Architecture.  By the end of this module, you will understand what the components are and what role they play in the overall architecture.  

• Understand Required and Optional Components of the AAP Architecture
  • Ansible Automation Controller
  • Ansible Execution Nodes
  • Implementation Node Types
  • Ansible Automation Mesh
  • Ansible Automation Hub/Private Automation Hub
  • Event Driven Ansible 
  • Postgres Database 

The included hands-on exercise will introduce you to the lab environment used in the subsequent modules of the Infrastructure Automation with Ansible Automation Platform learning path. 

• Ansible Automation Platform 2.4
  • Ansible Automation Controller
  • Ansible Automation Hub
  • Event Driven Ansible Server
• Gitea Version Control
• Cisco Network Topology
  • 3x Cisco CSR Routers
  • 1x Nexus 9000v
• Linux Jumphost Development Environment
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Python Virtual Environment
  • ansible-builder
  • ansible-navigator
  • Docker Container Runtime