Ansible Automation Superlab

Welcome to the Ansible Automation Superlab!

Overview

The Ansible Automation Superlab provides a comprehensive, hands-on learning experience for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP). This superlab covers the full spectrum of automation development, from basic concepts to advanced CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, Event Driven Ansible and lastly an exploration of some of the AI integration within Ansible Automation Platform.

Through a series of progressive labs, you’ll gain practical experience with:

  • Platform - Covers OpenShift Dev Spaces, developer tooling, and the deployment of AAP on OpenShift.

  • Content - Focuses on creating custom Ansible Content Collections, Execution Environments, and playbooks for Windows.

  • Events - Dedicated to Event Driven Ansible (EDA), including rulebooks and event sources, like AMQ Streams.

  • AI - Explores AIOps, Ansible Intelligent and Coding Assistant, and integrating AI with automation.

Prerequisites

Before starting this superlab, ensure you have:

  • Basic understanding of Linux command line operations

  • Familiarity with YAML syntax

  • Knowledge of fundamental networking concepts

  • Access to the Red Hat Demo Platform environment

Lab Structure

The superlab is organized into sequential modules that build upon each other. Overall there flow of is broken into 4 major sections, each with separate labs:

  • Platform - Covers OpenShift Dev Spaces, developer tooling, and the deployment of AAP on OpenShift.

  • Content - Focuses on creating custom Ansible Content Collections, Execution Environments, and playbooks for Windows.

  • Events - Dedicated to Event Driven Ansible (EDA), including rulebooks and event sources like AMQ Streams.

  • AI - Explores AIOps, Ansible Intelligent Assistants, and integrating AI with AAP.

The following modules are included in this superlab:

  1. Platform

    1. OpenShift Dev Spaces for Ansible Development

    2. Cloud-Native Automation Developer Experience

    3. Ansible Automation Platform on OpenShift

  2. Content

    1. Creating Automation for Windows

    2. Build a custom Collection and Execution Environment

    3. Develop Playbook and Execute within AAP

    4. Ansible Test-Driven Development with Molecule

    5. Configuration as Code

    6. Creating a CI/CD Pipeline for Collections

  3. Events

    1. Event-Driven Ansible Overview and Active Health Monitoring

    2. Automated Reactive Remediation with Filebeat and Kafka

    3. Troubleshooting Event-Driven Ansible

  4. AI

    1. Ansible Lightspeed Intelligent Assistant

    2. Ansible Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this superlab, you will be able to:

  • Set up and configure development environments for Ansible automation

  • Utilize Ansible developer tools effectively

  • Deploy and manage AAP across different platforms

  • Develop, test, and publish Ansible collections

  • Build, publish Ansible Execution Environments

  • Leverage Automation Hub for content distribution

  • Create and manage Event-Driven Ansible rulebooks and scenarios

  • Integrate AI capabilities into Ansible Automation Platform

Getting Started

Begin with Module 1 Lab 1: Platform - OpenShift Dev Spaces for Ansible Development to set up your development environment. Each module includes detailed instructions, code examples, and verification steps.

For questions or issues, refer to the Appendix or contact your instructor.