Getting started with Ansible Navigator

1. Getting started with Ansible Navigator
28. Februar 2023 – Ansible Meetup

2. • Lutz Heinrich
• https://www.centrisag.ch/
• LinkedIn
About us
• Pascal Stauffer
• https://stic.ch
• LinkedIn

3. •Who of you use(d) Ansible in a Container?
•Who of you knows Ansible Execution Environments?
•Who of you knows Ansible Navigator?
•Who of you use Ansible Navigator in the daily work?
•Who of you use Red Hat Automation Platform or
AWX?
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Intro

4. •Container Image contains:
•Linux OS / Binaries
•Python / Libraries
•Ansible
•Collections
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Execution Environments (EE)
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5. •Used in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP)
and AWX
•Multiple Execution Environments for:
•Testing new Ansible Versions / Collections
•Different Use-Cases / Requirements
•Different Ansible Projects / Teams
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Idea / Use-Case

6. •Text-based User Interface (TUI) to use Execution
Environment Images
•Can replace Ansible / Ansible-Playbook / Vault, etc.
•Requirements:
•ansible-navigator Installation via PIP / Package
•Container Runtime like Docker / Podman
•EE Image
•ansible-navigator.yml for Configuration
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Ansible Navigator

7. Demo

8. Thanks for the attention.
Feel free to ask questions.

9. • https://docs.ansible.com/automation-
controller/latest/html/userguide/execution_environments.html
• https://ansible-navigator.readthedocs.io/en/latest/subcommands/
• https://www.ansible.com/blog/whats-new-in-red-hat-ansible-
automation-platform-
2.3?extIdCarryOver=true&sc_cid=701f2000001OH7JAAW
• https://developers.redhat.com/products/ansible/getting-started
• https://developers.redhat.com/content-gateway/link/3871952
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