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Chapter 1. Automation controller licensing, updates and support
Automation controller is provided as part of your annual Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform subscription.
Ansible is an open source software project and is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3, as described in the Ansible Source Code
You must have valid subscriptions attached before installing Ansible Automation Platform.
For more information, see Attaching Subscriptions.
1.1. Trial and evaluation Copia collegamentoCollegamento copiato negli appunti!
You require a license to run automation controller. You can start by using a free trial license.
- Trial licenses for Ansible Automation Platform are available at: https://www.redhat.com/en/products/trials?products=ansible
- Support is not included in a trial license or during an evaluation of the automation controller software.
1.2. Subscription Types Copia collegamentoCollegamento copiato negli appunti!
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is provided at various levels of support and number of machines as an annual subscription.
Standard:
- Manage any size environment
- Enterprise 8x5 support and SLA
- Maintenance and upgrades included
- Review the SLA at Product Support Terms of Service
- Review the Red Hat Support Severity Level Definitions
Premium:
- Manage any size environment, including mission-critical environments
- Premium 24x7 support and SLA
- Maintenance and upgrades included
- Review the SLA at Product Support Terms of Service
- Review the Red Hat Support Severity Level Definitions
All subscription levels include regular updates and releases of automation controller, Ansible, and any other components of the Platform.
For more information, contact Ansible through the Red Hat Customer Portal or at http://www.ansible.com/contact-us/.
1.3. Node counting in licenses Copia collegamentoCollegamento copiato negli appunti!
The automation controller license defines the number of Managed Nodes that can be managed as part of a Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform subscription.
A typical license says "License Count: 500", which sets the maximum number of Managed Nodes at 500.
For more information on managed node requirements for licensing, see https://access.redhat.com/articles/3331481.
Ansible does not recycle node counts or reset automated hosts.
1.4. Attaching Subscriptions Copia collegamentoCollegamento copiato negli appunti!
You must have valid Ansible Automation Platform subscriptions attached before installing Ansible Automation Platform.
Attaching subscriptions is unnecessary if your Red Hat account has enabled Simple Content Access Mode. However, you must register to Red Hat Subscription Management (RHSM) or Red Hat Satellite before installing Ansible Automation Platform.
Procedure
To find the
pool_id
of your subscription, enter the following command:subscription-manager list --available --all | grep "Ansible Automation Platform" -B 3 -A 6
# subscription-manager list --available --all | grep "Ansible Automation Platform" -B 3 -A 6
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow The command returns the following:
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow To attach this subscription, enter the following command:
subscription-manager attach --pool=<pool_id>
# subscription-manager attach --pool=<pool_id>
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow If all nodes have attached, then the repositories are found.
To check whether the subscription attached successfully, enter the following command:
subscription-manager list --consumed
# subscription-manager list --consumed
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow To remove this subscription, enter the following command:
#subscription-manager remove --pool=<pool_id>
#subscription-manager remove --pool=<pool_id>
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow
1.5. Component licenses Copia collegamentoCollegamento copiato negli appunti!
To view the license information for the components included in automation controller, refer to /usr/share/doc/automation-controller-<version>/README
.
where <version>
refers to the version of automation controller you have installed.
To view a specific license, refer to /usr/share/doc/automation-controller-<version>/*.txt
.
where *
is the license file name to which you are referring.