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# Embedded Ansible

The most significant new Automate feature introduced in CloudForms 4.5 (ManageIQ *Fine*) was the embedded Ansible automation engine, and this has been significantly enhanced in the CloudForms 4.6 (ManageIQ *Gaprindashvili*) release.

This section describes the capabilities of Embedded Ansible in CloudForms 4.6 and ManageIQ *Gaprindashvili*.

The section contains 11 chapters:

* Introduction to Embedded Ansible
* Ansible Playbook Services
* Playbook Service Provision and Retirement State Machines
* Running an Ansible Playbook Service Non-Interactively
* Running a Playbook Service from a Button
* ManageIQ Ansible Modules
* Ansible Playbook Methods
* Calling a Playbook Method from the VM Provision State Machine
* Using Cloud Credentials
* Embedded Ansible Objects
* Troubleshooting