Getting started with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Before getting started with Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform, it’s important to understand what it exactly entails. This learning path will cover how its components work together and a few key automation concepts such as playbooks, roles, and inventories.

This learning path is for operations teams or system administrators
Developers may want to check out Foundations of Ansible on developers.redhat.com. 

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Next steps for getting started with Ansible Automation Platform

5 mins

You have now gained a working knowledge of the functionalities of Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform, as well as the basics of navigating its user interface through the Red Hat console.  

After completing this learning path, you now have:

  • High-level understanding of Ansible Automation Platform functionalities and key terms
  • Collection of common use cases
  • Experience using the automation controller to set a playbook in an example environment

What comes next?

Now that you are familiar with using Ansible to automate your environment, explore using it across infrastructure or network automations with a Red Hat product trial. 

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