Item: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Rating: 10
Author: Lenny Shirley II

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it to manage our Linux and Windows servers, desktops, and networking devices. Repetition is the biggest thing it solved. Our scope is growing weekly as we bring in more and more teams into the platform and they discover it's capabilities. So far, everyone has thoroughly enjoyed the platform.

Pros and Cons

Repeat
Be consistent
Take a load of my plate

Users and teams, basically the entire access portion
More survey options
The ability to map external Auth groups to internal teams

Return on Investment

It's allowed people that normally couldn't perform a task the ability to click Launch to do it themselves
It's freed up calendars some as it takes some of the load off
It's allowed us to be super consistent

Alternatives Considered

Chef Enterprise Automation Stack and Open Source Puppet

There's 0 comparison. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform leaves them in the dust. It is easier to configure and wipe playbooks for, and has way more community support and documentation making it a no brainer.

Key Insights

Do you think Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Red Hat Satellite, CentOS Stream

Likelihood to Recommend

Anything you need to repeat more than twice, and anything that can normally only be done by one or two people can now be automated so others can just click Launch. It's especially nice when I can provide a non-techy person the ability to log in, and click launch to do a task that they normally needed to escalate to one or more people to get done, and now instead of them waiting, it's done instantly.

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