Chapter 1. Event-Driven Ansible controller overview
Event-Driven Ansible is a highly scalable, flexible automation capability that works with event sources such as other software vendors' monitoring tools. These tools monitor IT solutions and identify events and automatically implement the documented changes or response in a rulebook to handle that event.
The following procedures form the user configuration:
Note
- API documentation for Event-Driven Ansible controller is available at https://<eda-server-host>/api/eda/v1/docs
- To meet high availability demands, Event-Driven Ansible controller shares centralized Redis (REmote DIctionary Server) with the Ansible Automation Platform UI. When Redis is unavailable, you will not be able to create or sync projects, or enable rulebook activations.
Additional resources
For information on how to set user permissions for Event-Driven Ansible controller, see the following in the Access management and authentication guide:
- If you plan to use Event-Driven Ansible 2.5 with a 2.4 Ansible Automation Platform, see Using Event-Driven Ansible 2.5 with Ansible Automation Platform 2.4.
