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Summary

  • Automation controller provides a centralized location that you can use to run your Ansible automation and review the results of automation runs.

  • An automation controller project specifies the location of a Git repository that stores Ansible code and, if needed, a source control credential to authenticate to the Git repository.

  • An automation controller job template specifies the inventory, machine credentials, execution environment, project, and playbook to use to run your Ansible code on managed hosts.

  • You can use the automation controller web UI to launch automation jobs from a job template and to review the results of jobs.

  • Using ansible-navigator to test Ansible Playbooks in an execution environment can help streamline the process of setting up those playbooks to run successfully on automation controller.

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