Chapter 2. Appendix


The inventory variables required by the automation dashboard installer are described in the following table:

2.1. Inventory variables

The following variables control how automation dashboard interacts with remote hosts.

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Inventory variableDescription

aap_auth_provider_name

Natural language name shown on the login page. Default: Ansible Automation Platform

aap_auth_provider_protocol

Enter http or https

aap_auth_provider_aap_version

Enter one value - the version of Ansible Automation Platform that automation dashboard will connect to. Valid values are 2.4, 2.5 or 2.6

aap_auth_provider_host

Ansible Automation Platform IP or DNS name, with optional port

aap_auth_provider_check_ssl

Enforce TLS check or not

aap_auth_provider_client_id

Ansible Automation Platform OAuth2 application client_id. Required for SSO authentication.

aap_auth_provider_client_secret

Ansible Automation Platform OAuth2 application client_secret

initial_sync_days

Requests x number of days of old data, counting from "today"

initial_sync_since

Requests data from the specified date until "today"

dashboard_update_secret

Forces regeneration of autogenerated Podman secrets. Store the password for database access by using a Podman secret. Set dashboard_update_secret to true if you changed the dashboard_pg_password in inventory.

nginx_disable_https

Enables use of http instead of https for automation dashboard

nginx_http_port

Configures the HTTP port for automation dashboard

nginx_https_port

Configures the HTTPS port for automation dashboard

dashboard_tls_cert

The public TLS certificate for the automation dashboard. This file must include the server certificate, intermediate CA certificates, and the root CA certificate. The server certificate must appear at the beginning of the file.

dashboard_tls_key

The private TLS key for the automation dashboard. If not specified, the installation program generates a self-signed key.

postgresql_admin_username

Admin username to access PostgreSQL database

postgresql_admin_password

Admin password to access PostgreSQL database

registry_username

Username used to pull container images from registry.redhat.io. This variable is required when using an online installation program.

registry_password

Password used to pull container images from registry.redhat.io. This variable is required when using an online installation program.

dashboard_pg_containerized

Configures the installation program to install and configure the database as a container on the same host as automation dashboard. True is also the only supported value.

dashboard_admin_password

The password for the automation dashboard administrator user. The username is always admin.

dashboard_pg_host

The hostname or IP address of the PostgreSQL database. This host must be accessible from the installation program node on port 5432. If a public IP address blocks this port, you must use the internal IP address.

dashboard_pg_username

The database user for automation dashboard.

dashboard_pg_password

The password for the dashboard_pg_username.

dashboard_pg_database

The database schema name for automation dashboard.

bundle_install

Indicates the required container images are already included in the installation bundle (tar file).

bundle_dir

The directory where the installation bundle unpacks + /bundle (for example: /home/<username>/ansible-automation-dashboard-containerized-setup/bundle). The default value is relative to the current directory (PWD) and should work without modification.

redis_mode

Configures the Redis deployment mode. The required value is standalone.

registry_url_aap_automation_dashboard

Configures a custom container registry URL specifically for the automation dashboard images. Use this if you must pull dashboard images from a different registry than your database or Redis images.

registry_ns_aap_automation_dashboard

Configures a custom namespace specifically for the automation dashboard images.

registry_username_aap_automation_dashboard

The username for the custom registry defined in registry_url_aap_automation_dashboard. Required if the dashboard registry differs from the primary registry.

registry_password_aap_automation_dashboard

The password for the custom registry defined in registry_url_aap_automation_dashboard. Required if the dashboard registry differs from the primary registry.

registry_tls_verify_aap_automation_dashboard

Enforces or disables TLS certificate verification when pulling automation dashboard images from a custom registry. Default: True.

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