Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
The enterprise-grade, agentless IT automation platform.
Overview
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is an enterprise framework for building and operating IT automation at scale. It provides a simple, agentless, and powerful way to automate a wide variety of IT tasks, including configuration management, application deployment, provisioning, and orchestration. Ansible uses human-readable YAML files called 'playbooks' to define automation jobs.
✨ Key Features
- Agentless Architecture
- Declarative Configuration Language (YAML)
- Orchestration
- Application Deployment
- Provisioning
- Extensible with Modules
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Agentless architecture simplifies setup and management
- Human-readable YAML syntax is easy to learn
- Large and active open-source community
- Strong focus on orchestration and application deployment
Unique Value: Provides a simple, powerful, and agentless way to automate the entire application lifecycle, from infrastructure provisioning to application deployment and configuration.
🎯 Use Cases (5)
✅ Best For
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Configuration management for large server fleets
- Automated application release cycles
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Organizations without technical staff to write and manage playbooks
- Real-time endpoint monitoring and response (better served by RMM tools)
🏆 Alternatives
Its agentless nature and simple YAML syntax make it easier to adopt and manage compared to agent-based tools like Puppet and Chef.
💻 Platforms
✅ Offline Mode Available
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Standard tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 60-day free trial
Free tier: Ansible (open source) is free. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a paid enterprise product.
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