Managing Enterprise Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Procedure 3.3. Instructions

1. Create a new automation controller inventory called Dev within the Default organization. Use Development Inventory as the description. Navigate to https://controller.lab.example.com and log in as the admin user with redhat as the password.

   1. Navigate to https://controller.lab.example.com and log in as the admin user with redhat as the password.

   2. Navigate to Resources → Inventories and then click Add. Select Add inventory.

   3. Create the new inventory using the following information, and then click Save.

      Field	Value
      Name	Dev
      Description	Development Inventory
      Organization	Default

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2. Create a host group called dev_servers in the Dev inventory. Use Development servers as the description.

   1. From the Dev inventory details page, click the Groups tab and then click Add.

   2. Create a new host group called dev_servers and use Development servers as the description.

   3. Click Save.

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3. Add two hosts with the hostnames servera.lab.example.com and serverb.lab.example.com to the dev_servers host group. Use Server A as the description for the servera.lab.example.com host and use Server B as the description for the serverb.lab.example.com host.

   1. From the dev_servers group details page, click the Hosts tab and then click Add. Select Add new host.

   2. Create the servera.lab.example.com host and use Server A as the description.

   3. Click Save.

   4. Return to the dev_servers group details page. Navigate to Resources → Inventories and then click the link for the Dev inventory. Click the Groups tab and then click the link for the dev_servers group.

   5. From the dev_servers group details page, click the Hosts tab and then click Add. Select Add new host.

   6. Create the serverb.lab.example.com host and use Server B as the description.

   7. Click Save.

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4. Grant the Admin role on the Dev inventory to the Developers team.

   1. Navigate to Resources → Inventories and then click the link for the Dev inventory.

   2. Click the Access tab and then click Add.

   3. Select Teams and then click Next.

   4. Select Developers and then click Next.

   5. Select Admin and then click Save. You are redirected to the list of permissions for the Dev inventory, which now shows that all members of the Developers team are assigned the Admin role on the Dev inventory.

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5. Create a new machine credential with the following information:

   Table 3.1. Developers Credential

   Field	Value
   Name	Developers
   Description	Developers Credential
   Organization	Default
   Credential Type	Machine
   Username	devops
   Password	redhat
   Privilege Escalation Method	sudo
   Privilege Escalation Username	root

   
   

   1. Navigate to Resources → Credentials and then click Add.

   2. Create a new machine credential using information from the Developers Credential table. When finished, click Save.

      Note

      Because the devops user does not need to enter a password to run sudo commands, you do not need to enter a password in the Privilege Escalation Password field.

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6. Grant the Admin role on the Developers credential to the Developers team.

   1. Navigate to Resources → Credentials and then click the link for the Developers credential.

   2. Click the Access tab and then click Add.

   3. Select Teams and then click Next.

   4. Select Developers and then click Next.

   5. Select Admin and then click Save. You are redirected to the list of permissions for the Developers credential, which now shows that all members of the Developers team are assigned the Admin role on the Developers credential.

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