Deploy a new Ansible Automation Platform instance with components

After installing the Ansible Automation Platform Operator in your namespace you can set up your Ansible Automation Platform instance. Then link all the platform components to a single user interface.

About this task

Procedure

  1. Log in to Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.
  2. Navigate to Operators > Installed Operators.
  3. Select your Ansible Automation Platform Operator deployment.
  4. Select the Details tab.
  5. On the Ansible Automation Platform tile click Create instance.
  6. From the Create Ansible Automation Platform page enter a name for your instance in the Name field.
  7. Click YAML view and replace the spec section with the following: 
    spec:
  database:
    resource_requirements:
      requests:
        cpu: 200m
        memory: 512Mi
    storage_requirements:
      requests:
        storage: 100Gi

  controller:
    disabled: false

  eda:
    disabled: false

  hub:
    disabled: false
    storage_type: file
    file_storage_storage_class: <read-write-many-storage-class>
    file_storage_size: 10Gi
  8. You must specify your desired value for the <read-write-many-storage-class> placeholder.
  9. Click Create.

Results

Verify instance deployment (UI):

  1. Navigate to Operators > Installed Operators.
  2. Select your Ansible Automation Platform Operator deployment.
  3. Select the All instances tab.
  4. Verify that the Ansible Automation Platform instance, Automation Controller, Event-Driven Ansible, and Automation Hub instances are listed.

Verify pod status (UI):

  1. Navigate to Workloads > Pods.
  2. Switch to the project (namespace) where you deployed the instance.
  3. Verify that all related pods display a Running or Completed status.

Verify Platform Route (CLI):

Run the following command to confirm the URL for accessing the platform gateway:

oc get route