I use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for automating some administrative tasks. Specifically, I utilize it for system administration tasks.
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Ansible Automation Platform has been the most flexible platform for automation journey
What do you like best about the product?
The flexibility of Ansible as a tool has been very helpful as it hasn't limited us to interacting with current tooling across our environment, and instead has allowed us to write automation against any tools quickly and easily, often with a pre-built module.
What do you dislike about the product?
The lack of dynamic survey inputs or a more user focused portal
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Server build automation, server decommission, moving data across networks to offline networks, task scheduling and execution
Easy to deploy in test and development environments on a single server.
What do you like best about the product?
I liked how easy it was to deploy on top of RHEL 9.
By leveraging the single server Ansible playbook for deployment, I was up and running with in hours.
By leveraging the single server Ansible playbook for deployment, I was up and running with in hours.
What do you dislike about the product?
Newer releases seem more difficult to deploy on single server setups.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Unified automation for our Windows, RHEL, and VMware systems.
JDs Ansible Automation Review
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use creating playbooks and what they can accomplish in mass
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't have any complaints about Ansible
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automating simple tasks for inexperienced users as well as mass changes and deployment
Automation in one spot
What do you like best about the product?
I like how it can be as easy or as diverse as you want to make it
What do you dislike about the product?
Upgrading the platform in a government environment was a little difficult
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Moving away from puppet and integrating Ansible Automation Platform saved us a ton of time and also money
Network Automation Made Easy
What do you like best about the product?
The integration for Network Automation and easy to use GUI.
What do you dislike about the product?
Having to use a GUI, lol, but seriously, the GUI.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automating the hard things in life, migrating siloed networks.
Deploying AAP for DoD Customer
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use, friendly / intuitive web interface
What do you dislike about the product?
There wasn't anything I can think of that I disliked so far
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Shore deployment of engineering changes to deployed units
A game changer to simplify administration.
What do you like best about the product?
An easy to use tool that simplifies administration and makes systems future proof
What do you dislike about the product?
a bit of a learning curve and a mindset change to traditional methods. Not entirely a bad thing though.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
unifying standalone scripts and allowing normal users to execute commands with authorization controls.
Utilizing automation for administrative tasks is streamlined, but dashboards need enhancement
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is valuable due to the simplicity of the YAML language. It makes it simple to develop Ansible playbooks and roles, which aids in simplifying my daily administrative tasks.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see improvements in the dashboards. More detailed dashboards would be beneficial because there is a lack of dashboards on Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for three years, while using satellites for about three or four years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
It was easy to set up Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, not too complicated.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have not really encountered any stability issues with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have not tested the scalability of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, but I believe it is a mature product and can handle scalability.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not worked with other automation tools. Currently, I am only testing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was easy. It took approximately one day.
What about the implementation team?
I implemented the solution by myself, in-house.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I know Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform costs money since I am using a trial license. The pricing is high, and since I'm not using all functionalities, it would be better if the price depended on the functionalities used.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I did not evaluate any other solutions before going with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform as seven out of ten.
An incredible platform for automation
What do you like best about the product?
I have really liked Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
Although Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a very good tool, sometimes the learning curve can be a bit steep, especially for those who are not familiar with YAML or automation in general.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform has helped me automate repetitive tasks.
Streamlines deployment with reliable automation and potential for better condition handling
What is our primary use case?
We mostly utilize Ansible for deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines.
What is most valuable?
I have used some of the Ansible libraries for some of the deployments. The way conditions are handled in Ansible, such as skip conditions or failure conditions, can be complex with multiple conditions, but there is support for using them.
Additionally, the automation capabilities streamline deployment processes, providing reliability and reducing manual intervention and errors.
What needs improvement?
More library support for microservices architecture and Kubernetes would be helpful. There is also a need to improve the handling of conditions, which can be tricky and require the use of flags.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Ansible for about six to seven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Ansible is quite stable. There are infrastructure-wise reliability and fewer issues, although network issues might cause some failures.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Ansible can face scalability issues, such as limitations when trying to scale up infrastructure. It might struggle with connection dropping or spawning additional VMs under certain conditions.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup can be challenging and is not very intuitive. A person needs to be knowledgeable in Ansible, and it should be well documented.
What was our ROI?
The benefits include the maintainability of the existing environment, especially a hybrid infrastructure. Ansible makes scripting and learning processes better and easier.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There is a pricing associated with Ansible, however, I find it reasonable.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Ansible. That said, it depends on the infrastructure and whether an off-premises or on-premises cloud is used.
I would rate Ansible between eight and nine.
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