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Ansible Automation Platform

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Users praise the agentless architecture and the extensive library of pre-built modules, though some find the learning curve for advanced features like Mesh to be steep.

The enterprise-grade standard for hybrid-cloud orchestration and AI-assisted automation.

DevelopmentFree pricingAPI availableUpdated 2026-03-17

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Infrastructure ProvisioningPolicy Compliance Enforcement

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Ansible Automation Platform interface

About Ansible Automation Platform

Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) has evolved from a configuration management tool into a comprehensive enterprise suite designed for the 2026 hybrid-cloud landscape. It leverages a decentralized 'Automation Mesh' architecture, allowing organizations to scale automation across complex network topologies, including edge, private cloud, and multi-cloud environments. The technical core integrates Ansible Lightspeed with IBM watsonx Code Assistant, providing generative AI capabilities that transform natural language prompts into syntactically correct YAML playbooks, significantly lowering the barrier for IT operations. Unlike its community predecessor, AAP includes the Automation Controller for RBAC and scheduling, Execution Environments for containerized consistency, and Event-Driven Ansible for real-time remediation. By 2026, its market position is defined by its ability to bridge the gap between traditional IT ops and modern AIOps, offering a unified control plane for security orchestration, network automation, and infrastructure provisioning without the need for proprietary agents. The platform's emphasis on content signed through the Private Automation Hub ensures security compliance in regulated industries.

Core Capabilities

Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) has evolved from a configuration management tool into a comprehensive enterprise suite designed for the 2026 hybrid-cloud landscape.

Main Tasks

Use Cases

Rapid Security Incident Remediation

Manual security response takes hours, increasing exposure time during a breach.

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A SIEM (like Splunk) detects a suspicious login.

2.

The SIEM sends a webhook to Event-Driven Ansible.

3.

EDA matches the event to a predefined Rulebook.

4.

Ansible executes a playbook to isolate the affected VM.

5.

The platform logs the action and notifies the SOC via Slack.

Hybrid-Cloud Resource Provisioning

Development teams waiting weeks for IT to provision cross-cloud resources.

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1.

User requests a sandbox via ServiceNow.

2.

ServiceNow triggers an Ansible Job Template through the API.

3.

Ansible provisions an AWS VPC and an on-premise database simultaneously.

4.

Configurations are applied to ensure both environments meet security standards.

5.

Connection details are returned to the user automatically.

Zero-Day Patch Management

Difficulty in patching thousands of servers simultaneously across different zones.

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1.

Vulnerability scanner identifies a critical CVE.

2.

Administrator selects the target fleet in Automation Controller.

3.

Ansible uses its agentless architecture to check for the vulnerability.

4.

Playbook applies the patch and restarts services in a rolling fashion.

5.

Post-patch verification tasks confirm the service is back online.

Network Compliance Auditing

Network devices drifting from the standard configuration causing outages.

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A scheduled job runs daily across 500 Cisco routers.

2.

Ansible compares the running configuration against a 'golden' template.

3.

Detected drifts are flagged in the Automation Analytics dashboard.

4.

Ansible automatically remediates the drift for non-critical parameters.

5.

A report is generated for the compliance team.

Edge Computing Deployment

Deploying updates to thousands of retail stores with limited bandwidth.

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1.

The Automation Mesh is configured with hop nodes at regional hubs.

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The execution task is sent to the regional node.

3.

The regional node executes the update locally at the retail store.

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Only the result status is sent back to the central controller.

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Bandwidth consumption is reduced by 90% compared to direct management.

Legacy App Migration to Containers

Manual migration is error-prone and slow.

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1.

Ansible playbooks inventory the legacy server environment.

2.

A playbook extracts the application binaries and configuration files.

3.

Ansible builds a new Podman container image with those assets.

4.

The platform deploys the container to an OpenShift cluster.

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Verification playbooks ensure the app is reachable in its new environment.

Self-Service Catalog Integration

IT staff spending 40% of their time on repetitive tickets.

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Standard IT tasks are published as Job Templates.

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Templates are surfaced as a 'Self-Service Catalog' for non-IT users.

3.

Users click 'Reset Dev Database' or 'Extend Disk Space'.

4.

Ansible executes the pre-approved, hardened workflow.

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Ticket is auto-closed upon successful execution.