Quick start for administrators

This section shows how to get started with Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed as an administrator.

Administrators can leverage Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed’s powerful automation capabilities to streamline system management tasks, reduce human error, and maintain consistency across complex environments. Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed helps administrators and enables developers to work more efficiently, improving productivity and the overall quality of their work.

As an organization administrator, perform the following tasks to set up and manage Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed for your organization:

  1. Choose and configure your deployment
  2. Administer the Ansible Lightspeed service

Choose and configure your deployment
Copy link

As an organization administrator, you can set up a Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed cloud service, as an on-premise deployment, or as a hybrid deployment.

Configure the Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed cloud service or on-premise deployment and connect it to your IBM watsonx Code Assistant instance. You can also set up a hybrid deployment, wherein Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed is an on-premise deployment, while IBM watsonx Code Assistant model is a cloud deployment.

You must have a trial or paid subscription to both Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and IBM watsonx Code Assistant.

Administer the Ansible Lightspeed Service
Copy link

As an organization administrator, you can manage the Ansible Lightspeed service after deploying Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed cloud service or on-premise deployment.

Perform one of the following tasks:

  • Log in to the Ansible Lightspeed admin portal

    Use the Ansible Lightspeed admin portal to access and manage the Ansible Lightspeed service.

  • View and manage the Admin dashboard telemetry data

    View the operational telemetry and Admin dashboard telemetry data from the Ansible Lightspeed Admin dashboard. If you no longer want to collect the telemetry data for your organization, you can disable the Admin dashboard telemetry.

Overview
Copy link

Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed’s powerful automation capabilities enable administrators to streamline system management, reduce errors, and maintain consistency across complex environments. It also helps administrators and developers improve efficiency, productivity, and work quality.

As an organization administrator, perform the following tasks to set up and manage Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed for your organization:

  1. Choose and configure your deployment
  2. Administer the Ansible Lightspeed service

Choosing and configuring your deployment
Copy link

As an organization administrator, you can set up a Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed cloud service, as an on-premise deployment, or as a hybrid deployment.

Configure the Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed cloud service or on-premise deployment and connect it to your IBM watsonx Code Assistant instance. You can also set up a hybrid deployment, wherein Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed is an on-premise deployment, while IBM watsonx Code Assistant model is a cloud deployment.

You must have a trial or paid subscription to both Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and IBM watsonx Code Assistant.

Administering the Ansible Lightspeed Service
Copy link

As an organization administrator, you can manage the Ansible Lightspeed service after deploying Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed cloud service or on-premise deployment.

Perform one of the following tasks:

  • Log in to the Ansible Lightspeed admin portal

    Use the Ansible Lightspeed admin portal to access and manage the Ansible Lightspeed service.

  • View and manage the Admin dashboard telemetry data

    View the operational telemetry and Admin dashboard telemetry data from the Ansible Lightspeed Admin dashboard. If you no longer want to collect the telemetry data for your organization, you can disable the Admin dashboard telemetry.