دانلود کتاب Demystifying Ansible Automation Platform: A definitive way to manage Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible Tower

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Cover Title Page Copyright Contributors Table of Contents Preface Part 1: Getting Ansible Automation Platform Up and Running Chapter 1: Introduction to Ansible Automation Platform Technical requirements AAP overview Automation controller (Red Hat Ansible Tower) Automation execution environments Automation hub Automation services catalog Red Hat Insights for Red Hat AAP Ansible content tools Key differences between upstream and official Red Hat products Overview of the methods that will be used in this book Introduction to the roles and modules that will be used in this book The manual approach Using Ansible to manage the configuration Execution environments and Ansible Navigator Summary Chapter 2: Installing Ansible Automation Platform Technical requirements Getting a trial version of Ansible Automation Platform Planning an installation on a machine The distinct types of nodes High availability Installation methods Setting variables for the automation mesh and node types Installing Galaxy NG on a machine Backing up and restoring the installation Backing up Secret key redistribution Restore Issues that can arise when using the installer Summary Chapter 3: Installing Ansible Automation Platform on OpenShift Technical requirements Installing AWX on minikube Installing CodeReady Containers Installing the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform operator on an OpenShift cluster Exploring the Automation controller and Automation hub on OpenShift Learning about Automation controller specifics on OpenShift Secret fields Learning Automation hub specifics Backing up and restoring a backup for Automation hub and the Automation controller on OpenShift Summary Chapter 4: Configuring Settings and Authentication Technical requirements Getting a trial version of Ansible Automation Platform Configuring Automation controller settings Registering the Automation controller with a subscription manifest Updating Automation controller settings Configuring the RH-SSO server SAML Getting values from a Windows AD server Configuring the RH-SSO server Setting Automation hub administrators with RH-SSO Integrating the Automation controller with RH-SSO Troubleshooting the SAML configuration Integrating LDAP with Microsoft AD Automation controller LDAP bind and user variables Automation controller LDAP group variables Automation controller LDAP miscellaneous variables Troubleshooting Setting up other authentication methods Adding users and teams to the Automation controller without an IdP Adding users and groups to the Automation hub without an IdP Summary Part 2: Configuring AAP Chapter 5: Configuring the Basics after Installation Technical requirements Dashboard introduction Creating organizations – the root of all objects in the controller Creating an organization using the GUI Creating an organization using modules Creating an organization using roles Using credential types and credentials Credential types Credentials The creation of credential types and credentials using various methods Importing and exporting objects into the controller Summary Chapter 6: Configuring Role-Based Access Control Technical requirements Assigning RBAC to the Automation controller Approval permissions for workflows Practically using the RBACs Assigning RBAC to the Automation hub Setting roles in the GUI Practically using the RBACs Summary Chapter 7: Creating Inventory, and Other Inventory Pieces Technical requirements Creating an inventory Creating and populating an inventory using the GUI Creating and populating an inventory with modules Creating and populating an inventory with roles Using inventory sources Creating and synchronizing an inventory source with the GUI Creating and populating an inventory source with modules Creating and populating an inventory source with roles Using base Ansible inventory plugins Pre-installed Ansible plugins Using built-in Automation controller inventory plugins AWS EC2 GCE Microsoft ARM VMware vCenter Red Hat Satellite 6 Red Hat Insights OpenStack RHV Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Using other popular inventory plugins Overview of using custom inventory plugins NetBox ServiceNow Writing your own inventory plugin Ansible configuration changes Custom inventory plugin script Summary Further reading Chapter 8: Creating Execution Environments Technical requirements What are execution environments? What is inside the execution environment? Seeing what is in a specific execution environment How to use execution environments Running a simple job in an execution environment Creating and modifying your execution environments Creating a definition file Creating the execution environment Using roles to create execution environments Creating an execution environment using the builder role Converting Python virtual environments from older Tower installations Summary Chapter 9: Automation Hub Management Technical requirements Overview of Automation hub and its content sources Synchronizing certified and community collections Publishing custom collections Managing execution environments and registries How to add a remote EE registry How to synchronize an EE registry How to add a remote or local EE to Automation hub Best practices for maintaining execution environments Connecting Automation hub to the Automation controller Using credentials to pull collections Adding execution environments to the Automation controller with the GUI Adding execution environments to the Automation controller with modules Adding execution environments to the Automation controller with roles Summary Chapter 10: Creating Job Templates and Workflows Technical requirements Creating projects The structure and files of a playbook directory Project options on the Automation controller and creating projects in the GUI Creating projects on the Automation controller using modules Creating projects on the Automation controller using roles Creating job templates Job template options for the GUI, modules, and roles Creating job templates using the GUI Creating job templates using modules Creating job templates using roles Surveys for job templates and workflows, and how to use them Survey definitions Using surveys Creating workflows Workflow basics Workflow job template options for the GUI, modules, and roles Workflow node list options and creation in the GUI Creating workflows using roles Using job slicing to slice a job template into multiple jobs Summary Part 3: Extending Ansible Tower Chapter 11: Creating Advanced Workflows and Jobs Technical requirements Creating advanced workflows Using workflow artifacts and variables Creating nodes for user review Using workflow approval nodes Marking a workflow as failed or successful Using and configuring notifications Understanding the basics of notifications Notification options for the GUI, modules, and roles Creating a notification template using modules Creating a notification template using roles Adding notifications to activities Summary Chapter 12: Using CI/CD to Interact with Automation Controller Technical requirements A brief introduction to CI/CD pipelines and webhooks Maintaining an Automation controller and hub through infrastructure as code paired with CI/CD Launching jobs, monitoring, and interacting with workflows using CI/CD playbooks Ad hoc commands Backup and restore options using CI/CD playbook Summary Further reading Chapter 13: Integration with Other Services Technical requirements Logging services Creating an event collector on Splunk Connecting the Automation controller to Splunk Troubleshooting with the log aggregator Splunk search queries Splunk dashboards Automation Analytics for Red Hat AAP Automation Analytics configuration Configuring the insights settings with roles/modules Charts and other information accessible from the dashboard Automation calculator Prometheus metrics logging Installation and configuration Prometheus Graphs Summary Chapter 14: Automating at Scale with Automation Mesh Technical requirements Overview of Automation mesh The distinct types of nodes Using instance groups with Automation mesh Creating instance groups Examples of various use cases and how to use Automation mesh Global Automation mesh example Summary Chapter 15: Using Automation Services Catalog Technical requirements What is Automation services catalog? Configuring the ASC Configuring the SSO for access to the ASC Approvals inside ASC Summary Afterword Index About Packt Other Books You May Enjoy Copyright Title Page Dedication Contents Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you? Chapter 2: Renegade perception Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’ Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit Chapter 7: War on your mind Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it? Chapter 10: Human 2.0 Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult? Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko Postscript Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation Bibliography Index