The automation controller allows users of Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform to define, operate, scale, and delegate automation across their enterprise.
Note: Automation controller is the control plane for Ansible Automation Platform. You will upgrade Ansible Tower to automation controller when migrating to Ansible Automation Platform 2. Ansible Tower will be supported through November 2022, with resources available in Red Hat Customer Portal.
The next evolution of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is here.
The control plane for Ansible Automation Platform is the automation controller (replacing Ansible Tower). It includes a user interface (UI), role-based access control (RBAC), workflows, and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) for helping your team scale with more efficiency and flexibility.
Automation controller helps standardize how automation is deployed, initiated, delegated, and audited, allowing enterprises to automate with confidence while reducing sprawl and variance. Manage inventory, launch and schedule workflows, track changes, and integrate into reporting, all from a centralized user interface and RESTful API.
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Where did the name "automation controller" come from, and why the change from "Ansible Tower"?
As Ansible Automation Platform continues to evolve, certain functionality has been decoupled (and will continue to be decoupled going forward) from what was formerly known as Ansible Tower. It made sense to adjust the name to better reflect these enhancements, and better position the capabilities within Ansible Automation Platform.
Is Red Hat Openshift required for use with the automation controller?
No, it can still be installed and run in physical and virtual environments on standalone Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers just as before in Ansible Automation Platform 1.x (Ansible Tower 3.x).
Do you support deploying to Kubernetes instead of Red Hat OpenShift?
The supported container platform for deployments of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is Red Hat OpenShift. We are currently investigating the feasibility of adding support for certain Kuberentes implementations for use as execution platforms for automation via execution environments.