Ansible's model is simple and agentless. And, unlike competing solutions, it doesn't require specialized coding skills, eliminating some of the major barriers to IT automation.
From development and configuration to deploying updates, integrating Ansible into its hybrid management portfolio will help Red Hat customers:
• Deploy and manage applications across public and private clouds.
• Accelerate service delivery through DevOps initiatives.
• Streamline OpenStack deployments and upgrades
. • Accelerate container adoption by simplifying orchestration and configuration.
The Ansible project is one of the most popular open-source automation projects on GitHub, with an active and highly engaged community of nearly 1,200 contributors. Ansible automation is being used by a growing number of Fortune 100 companies, powering large and complex private cloud environments, and the company has received several notable accolades, including the 2015 InfoWorld Bossie Award, which recognizes the best open-source data center and cloud software.
With the addition of Ansible, Red Hat's open hybrid cloud and IT management solutions will include:
• Red Hat CloudForms, an open management platform that provides policy-based orchestration, governance, and control in hybrid cloud environments, enabling self-service and resource management, as well as quota enforcement, metering, and chargeback.
• Red Hat Satellite, a lifecycle management solution with integrated infrastructure provisioning, software distribution, patch management, and auditing capabilities.
• Ansible and Ansible Tower, an IT automation and DevOps platform that provides simplified application deployment and IT automation in hybrid cloud environments.
