Red Hat Automation Controller (Ansible Tower)

Red Hat Automation Controller (Ansible Tower) is a web console and REST API for operationalizing Ansible across teams, organizations, and the entire enterprise.

Types of Assets Fetched

This adapter fetches the following types of assets:

• Devices
  
  

Parameters

1. Ansible Tower Domain (required) - The hostname of the Red Hat Ansible Tower server.

2. User Name and Password – The user name and password for an Ansible Tower user configured with a System Auditor user type. For more details on Ansible Tower users, see Ansible Tower User Guide - Users.

3. Verify SSL - Select to verify the SSL certificate offered by the value supplied in Ansible Tower Domain. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.

4. HTTPS Proxy (optional) - A proxy to use when connecting to the value supplied in Ansible Tower Domain.

5. HTTPS Proxy User Name (optional) - The user name to use when connecting to the value supplied in Ansible Tower Domain via the value supplied in HTTPS Proxy.

6. HTTPS Proxy Password (optional) - The password to use when connecting to the value supplied in Ansible Tower Domain via the value supplied in HTTPS Proxy.

To learn more about common adapter connection parameters and buttons, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.

Advanced Settings

1. Switch hostname - Toggle on this option to use the value of another field as the hostname value. Available options are displayed.
2. Parse hostname with description - Select this option to use the value of the Description field in the Host Name field if the description field exists. This option is only available when Switch hostname is enabled.
3. Set Device ID to Name - Select this option to enable using the device name for the asset ID.

APIs

Axonius uses the Red Hat Ansible Tower API.