Package Details

• Vendor: RedHat
• Target Platform: Linux
• Package Type: Server and Workstation Management
• Subscription Tiers: ServerDevOps

Why use this

Ansible is an IT automation system that handles configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration.

Example: You can test a collection of servers quickly by adding them to a Host Group, creating a Playbook with the command ‘ping’ and executing it to see which servers within the group are reachable on your network.

Benefits

• Manage Ansible hosts, and run playbook automations from the service desk, business process workflows, or runbooks.
• Automate the provision of infrastructure and compute hosts.

How to get access

• You can try out ITOM for free (not for production use, limited runs) by installing the ITOM application from the Hornbill App Store.

Authentication

When creating jobs for operations contained within this package, they need to be run on the target machine as a user who has the correct privileges within your environment. To create and securely store keys:

• In the Configuration area of your Hornbill instance, navigate to Platform Configuration > Security > KeySafe;
• Click on the + Create New Key button, then select Username + Password;
• Give the KeySafe Key a Title (this is the name/identifier for the Active Directory account as you will see it when creating an IT Automation Job, or adding an IT Automation node to a Workflow);
• Optionally add a Description;
• Populate the Username field with the username for the account being used on the target machine;
• Populate the Password field with the password for the above account;
• Select Create Key to save.

Once you have created your KeySafe Key, you can then use it to populate the Credentials > Admin or Run As inputs when creating IT Automation Jobs from this package.

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