Mastering Automation Addendum for CloudForms 4.6 a
  • Introduction
  • Preface
  • Updates
    • New Service Dialog Editor
    • New Custom Button Functionality
    • Ansible Tower Provider Changes
    • Notifications
    • Miscellaneous Updates
  • Embedded Ansible
    • Introduction to Embedded Ansible
    • Ansible Playbook Services
    • Playbook Service Provision & 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 Automation Objects
    • Troubleshooting
  • Generic Objects
    • Introduction to Generic Objects
    • Generic Object Example
    • Managing Associations Between Generic Objects from Ansible
  • Embedded Methods
    • Introduction to Embedded Methods
    • Embedded Method Example
  • Expression Methods
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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

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