Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Reviews

An easy to use tool that simplifies administration and makes systems future proof

a bit of a learning curve and a mindset change to traditional methods. Not entirely a bad thing though.

unifying standalone scripts and allowing normal users to execute commands with authorization controls.

best feature for Linux platform as it is agentless and having complete feature required linux system upto date and vulnerable free

The graphics need to be improved, and the overall experience requires more enhancement to match what’s available from competitors in the market.

keeping all linux servers upto date with centralized management, each and every system is controlled and configuration done centrally

What I appreciate most is how Ansible Automation Platform gives us a consistent way to automate tasks across differnet environments. Instead of everyone writing their own scripts, we can have a centralized, controlled approach that keeps things uniform and reduces errors.

Cloud services, on‑prem servers, or network devices, Ansible connects to everything without needing any agents. This flexibility has made it much easier to scale automation across the organization stacks.

Also, its write once-reuse anywhere motoo help us reuse across multiple projects or environments. This not only speeds up deployments but also ensures the same process runs the same way every time, which has noticeably improved our operational stability.

Even though YAML is readable, getting comfortable with writing playbooks, structuring roles, and understanding best practices takes time. My new team members have often needed guidance before they can contribute effectively in our platform.

What I like best is the agentless architecture and human readable YAML playbooks. The platform scales from simple tasks to enterprise wide orchestration without added complexity

Performance can be quite unpredictable at scale. For example, large inventories with complex fact gathering can cause slow execution times.

Ansible eliminates repetitive manual tasks, reducing human error and freeing up IT staff to focus on strategic initiatives rather than routine maintenance.

The ability to run commands on infrastructure.

Nothing much, since it’s a platform that eases tasks

We are using AAP to react to problems in the observability sphere. We are able to automate incident solving.

AAP allows users and administrators to have a comprehensive, visual view of the system.

OpenShift Operator API changes between AAP version upgrades can be tricky to navigate.

AAP reduces manpower requirements, allowing the same amount of work to be done with fewer employees.

It makes automation extremely easy and adds extreme value to my job.

User Group Setup can be an annoyance but overall it isn't bad

Standardizing configuration across our env.

I like that it does not need any prior VM experience to run and use

There is a learning curve and it is significantly different than Ansible Tower

Ansible Automation platform solves the problem of provisioning cloud infrastructure and keeping it patched.

Nice comprehensive manager to run Ansible Automation. Really much improved and needed items for Tower.

A little clunky with organization. Sometimes hard to find things and have to jump around many screens. Hoping new AI capabilities will lower troubleshooting and finding jobs.

Automates our software updates and patching of existing software.

The automation that ansible allows our organization to perform is outstanding! It provides us piece of mind that certain configurations are getting pushed to our Linux nodes without interaction. It gives us more time to focus on the things that require our attention.

If I had to select one thing I don't like about ansible, it's the time it takes to configure an automation script to properly run without issue. It would be nice if AI could be integrated into (nano, vi, and vim) , so while you're developing the script AI is checking for syntax errors that can be corrected right then and there. Otherwise it's great!

Free's up human resources (i.e.) engineers to focus on matters that are pressing, while knowing that they simple/small things are taken care of in background.