Ansible Engine, advanced network automation, and the latest version of Red Hat Ansible Tower accelerate the path to IT automation
Recently at AnsibleFest San Francisco, Red Hat unveiled several Ansible innovations designed to help enterprise customers harness the power of automation across the organization, from IT operations to network management development, including:
- Red Hat Ansible Engine, a new offering designed to provide the enterprise-grade global support that Red Hat is known for for the popular Ansible automation community project.
- Red Hat Ansible Engine Networking Add-on, which includes full support for selected network platform modules.
- Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.2, the latest version of its Ansible enterprise automation management platform.
With Red Hat Ansible Engine and Red Hat Ansible Tower, organizations can unify existing and disparate technologies into simple, repeatable, and automated processes. This can help expand access and fully manage the enterprise-wide deployment and adoption of business-critical automation. This organization-wide adoption can be important for IT organizations looking to implement DevOps, as well as IT disruptors using automation to help drive digital leadership.
With Ansible Engine, organizations can access enhanced, high-quality tools and innovations based on Ansible enterprise technology. Ansible Engine features:
- A suite of trusted Ansible automation modules and capabilities ready for the enterprise.
- 24x7 business hours support from the award-winning global support organization Red Hat.
- All the benefits of a Red Hat subscription, including Open Source Assurance, Service Level Agreement (SLA) response, regular security and maintenance updates, and much more.
Red Hat Ansible Engine is also available with the new Networking Add-on, which helps address a critical component of today's modern infrastructure. With network automation, IT organizations can now use fully supported Ansible modules, developed and maintained in-house, for many popular network devices. This offering includes full engineering support for the following Ansible network-specific modules:
- Arista (EOS)
- Cisco (IOS, IOS-XR, NX-OS)
- Juniper (Junos OS)
- Open vSwitch
- VyOS
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.2 includes several new and improved features to help deliver greater value to IT teams, including the following capabilities:
- A more comprehensive approach:
- Updated inventory support allows users to create custom views to manage machines based on their attributes in public, private, and hybrid clouds.
- Tower instance groups dedicate capacity to specific organizations and inventory.
- Isolated tower nodes enable the ability to run local jobs in remote locations.
- Automate more flexibly:
SCM inventory support allows teams to fully manage automation and infrastructure as code.
Plugabble credentials allow users to define their own custom credentials, enabling integration with third-party credential storage.
Current Ansible Tower customers can add an Ansible Engine subscription to their Ansible Tower subscriptions at any time to get support for the underlying Ansible automation that powers Ansible Tower.
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.2 is also the first version based on the open source AWX project, a new open source community project sponsored by Red Hat that allows users to interact directly and add features and capabilities to help drive innovation in Ansible Tower.
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.2 will be available later this month through ansible.com and the Red Hat Customer Portal. Ansible Engine and Ansible Engine for Network Automation are expected to be available in early October as a standalone product or as part of a Red Hat Ansible Tower subscription.
Unlabeled
-
-
Axioline F I/O system rated for naval engineering
Thanks to its low EMC Class B interference emissions and robust mechanical design, the Phoenix Contact Axioline F I/O system meets the high specifications required for automation in marine engineering. For this reason, the I/O system has received approval from...
-
Looking for true intelligence in the Internet of Things? Hint: Start with the network
While everyone is interested in cool wristbands, industrial sensors, data-driven applications, and an extraordinary end-to-end experience, true intelligence in the Internet of Things (IoT) remains in the background for the public and for...
-
Is Latin America ready for cognitive networks?
2017 was undoubtedly a year of significant change for Latin America. Most telecommunications service providers are striving to find differentiators in a region undergoing constant globalization. Some operators find their differentiator in...
-
Secure remote access for industrial networks
Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, presents a simple and secure way to facilitate remote network access, programming, and diagnostics thanks to Hirschmann's new Secure Remote Access solution.
-
Secure and flexible remote access to machines and plants
Siemens has expanded its Sinema Remote Connect software for the efficient maintenance of distributed plants and machines, now including several new security and virtualization features. Along with OpenVPN, version 1.2 of the management platform also offers features for...
Newsletter
Latest News
Demonstration of free-space optical communication with PCSEL: a breakthrough from Vector Photonics
Vector Photonics, the Scottish start-up that is leading the way in the use of surface emission lasers with crystal...
AI for Good Global Summit 2026: Innovation and Leadership in Artificial Intelligence in Geneva
As governments accelerate their strategies on artificial intelligence, sovereign AI, and...
Iceland's Parliament modernizes its security with Genetec Security Center and IoT sensors
The Parliament of Iceland, Alpingi, one of the oldest democratic institutions in the world,...
Commvault strengthens data and AI security in Commvault Cloud with new governance and classification capabilities
Commvault has announced an expansion of its data security and AI capabilities within...
Vertiv powers AI factories with converged infrastructure alongside NVIDIA Rubin DSX
Vertiv has announced its key role in advancing physical infrastructure designs...
Technical Courses and Seminars
Cybersecurity and AI: risks, opportunities and keys to the new digital balance
Artificial intelligence multiplies both the sophistication of threats and the capacity to...
D-Link launches the 29th season of free webinars on networks, 5G and cloud
D-Link has announced that the 29th season of its D-Link Webinars begins tomorrow. These sessions...
Taoglas launches The Antenna Podcast, a new technical space about antenna design and innovation
Antennas remain one of the most critical and, at the same time, most misunderstood elements in...
ISE 2026 Barcelona: Summits, Megatrends and the most ambitious content program in the AV sector
Returning to Barcelona in February 2026, Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) presents its program of...
E-book: the future of satellite communications
Mouser Electronics, Inc., in collaboration with Qorvo and other technology innovators...
Optical Networks
Evolution of optical networks: ROADM, OpenROADM and OpenZR+ in the 400G and 800G era
The rapid increase in data traffic is driving the construction of new infrastructure worldwide...
Legrand launches Chroma Link, the fiber optic solution for high-density AI networks
Legrand has announced the launch of Chroma Link™, a fiber optic cabling solution with...
Hollow Core Fiber (HCF) Deployment and Testing
Hollow Core Fibers (HCF) represent a significant evolution...
Network infrastructure in the age of AI: why fiber optics is key beyond bandwidth
New requirements for network infrastructures: why, in the age of AI, fiber optics...
Nokia drives optical networks for the AI era with new coherent solutions and multi-fiber amplifiers
Nokia has announced a suite of new optical network innovations designed to address...
Fiber optic network testing in hyperscale data centers: keys to ensuring performance and reliability
Hyperscale data centers represent the backbone of the digital infrastructure...
High-Speed Network Demands: Architectures, Challenges and Technological Evolution in the Era of Exponential Traffic
The rapid growth of IP traffic, driven by applications such as 4K/8K video, computing...
