Chapter 2. Setting up automation mesh

For a VM-based install of Ansible Automation Platform you use the installation program to set up automation mesh or to upgrade to automation mesh. To provide Ansible Automation Platform with details about the nodes, groups, and peer relationships in your mesh network, you define them in an the inventory file in the installer bundle. For managed cloud, OpenShift, or operator environments, see Automation mesh for managed cloud or operator environments.

You can use the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform installer inventory file to specify your installation scenario.

After you update the inventory file with required parameters, run the installer setup script.

$ ANSIBLE_BECOME_METHOD='sudo'
ANSIBLE_BECOME=True ./setup.sh

Installation of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform will begin.

If you want to add additional nodes to your automation mesh after the initial setup, edit the inventory file to add the new node, then rerun the setup.sh script.

A Certificate Authority (CA) verifies and signs individual node certificates in an automation mesh environment. You can provide your own CA by specifying the path to the certificate and the private RSA key file in the inventory file of your Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform installer.

[all:vars]
mesh_ca_keyfile=/tmp/<mesh_CA>.key
mesh_ca_certfile=/tmp/<mesh_CA>.crt

With the CA files added to the inventory file, run the installation program to apply the CA. This process copies the CA to the to /etc/receptor/tls/ca/ directory on each control and execution node on your mesh network.