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v3.3.1
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Ansible Tower User Guide v3.3.1
1. Overview
1.1. Real-time Playbook Output and Exploration
1.2. “Push Button” Automation
1.3. Enhanced and Simplifed Role-Based Access Control and Auditing
1.4. Cloud & Autoscaling Flexibility
1.5. The Ideal RESTful API
1.6. Backup and Restore
1.7. Ansible Galaxy Integration
1.8. Inventory Support for OpenStack
1.9. Remote Command Execution
1.10. System Tracking
1.11. Integrated Notifications
1.12. Satellite and CloudForms Integration
1.13. Run-time Job Customization
1.14. Red Hat Insights Integration
1.15. Enhanced Tower User Interface
1.16. Custom Virtual Environments
1.17. Authentication Enhancements
1.18. Cluster Management
1.19. Container Platform Support
2. Tower Licensing, Updates, and Support
2.1. Support
2.2. Trial / Evaluation
2.3. Subscription Types
2.4. Licenses and Node Counts
2.5. License Features
2.6. Tower Component Licenses
3. Logging In
4. Import a License
4.1. Adding a Tower License Manually
5. The Tower User Interface
5.1. Activity Streams
5.2. Views
5.3. Resources and Access
5.4. Tower Administration Menu
6. Search
6.1. Searching Tips
6.2. Sort
7. Organizations
7.1. Creating a New Organization
8. Users
8.1. Create a User
8.2. User Types - Quick View
8.3. Users - Organizations
8.4. Users - Teams
8.5. Users - Permissions
8.6. Users - Tokens
9. Teams
9.1. Create a Team
10. Credentials
10.1. Understanding How Credentials Work
10.2. Getting Started with Credentials
10.3. Add a New Credential
10.4. Credential Types
11. Custom Credential Types
11.1. Backwards-Compatible API Considerations
11.2. Getting Started with Credential Types
11.3. Create a New Credential Type
12. Applications
12.1. Getting Started with Applications
12.2. Create a new application
13. Projects
13.1. Add a new project
13.2. Work with Permissions
13.3. Work with Notifications
13.4. Work with Job Templates
13.5. Work with Schedules
14. Inventories
14.1. Smart Inventories
14.2. Add a new inventory
14.3. Running Ad Hoc Commands
15. Job Templates
15.1. Create a Job Template
15.2. Add Permissions
15.3. Work with Notifications
15.4. View Completed Jobs
15.5. Scheduling
15.6. Surveys
15.7. Launch a Job Template
15.8. Copy a Job Template
15.9. Scan Job Templates
15.10. Fact Caching
15.11. Utilizing Cloud Credentials
15.12. Provisioning Callbacks
15.13. Extra Variables
16. Workflow Job Templates
16.1. Create a Workflow Template
16.2. Work with Permissions
16.3. Work with Notifications
16.4. Work with Schedules
16.5. Surveys
16.6. Workflow Visualizer
16.7. Launch a Workflow Job Template
16.8. Copy a Workflow Job Template
16.9. Extra Variables
17. Instance Groups
17.1. Create an instance group
18. Jobs
18.1. Job Details - Inventory Sync
18.2. Job Details - SCM
18.3. Job Details - Playbook Run
18.4. Ansible Tower Capacity Determination and Job Impact
19. Notifications
19.1. Notifier Hierarchy
19.2. Workflow
19.3. Create a Notification Template
19.4. Notification Types
19.5. Configuring the
towerhost
hostname
20. Workflows
20.1. Extra Variables
20.2. Workflow States
20.3. Role-Based Access Controls
21. Setting up an Insights Project
21.1. Create Insights Credential
21.2. Create an Insights Project
21.3. Create Insights Inventory
21.4. Create a Scan Project
21.5. Create a Scan Job Template
21.6. Remediate Insights Inventory
22. Best Practices
22.1. Use Source Control
22.2. Ansible file and directory structure
22.3. Use Dynamic Inventory Sources
22.4. Variable Management for Inventory
22.5. Autoscaling
22.6. Larger Host Counts
22.7. Continuous integration / Continuous Deployment
23. Security
23.1. Playbook Access and Information Sharing
23.2. Role-Based Access Controls
23.3. Function of roles: editing and creating
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activity streams
ad hoc commands
inventories
add new
inventories
smart inventories
adding new
applications
credentials
adding tokens
applications
admin menu
Amazon Web Services
credential types
inventories
Ansible Galaxy
Ansible Galaxy integration
features
Ansible Tower
inventories
API considerations
credential types
applications
adding new
adding tokens
authentication
create
getting started
tokens
,
[1]
authentication
applications
automation
features
autoscaling
best practices
autoscaling flexibility
features
AWS
cloud credentials
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backup and restore
features
best practices
autoscaling
deployment, continuous
dynamic inventory sources
file and directory structure
host counts, larger
integration, continuous
source control
variable inventory management
bubblewrap
functionality
playbooks
troubleshooting
variables
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callbacks
extra variables
capacity
jobs
check
job types
cloud credentials
AWS
Google
MS Azure
OpenStack
Rackspace
VMware
job templates
cloud flexibility
features
CloudForms
credential types
components
licenses
configure Tower
settings menu
create
applications
create template
notifications
creating new
credential types
credential types
,
[1]
API considerations
Amazon Web Services
CloudForms
Google Compute Engine
Microsoft Azure Resource Manager
OpenStack
Red Hat Satellite
Red Hat Virtualization
VMware
Vault
creating new
insights
machine
network
oVirt
rhv
source control
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credentials
Insights
adding new
getting started
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[1]
how they work
types
custom
fact scan job
custom fact scans
playbook
system tracking
custom script
inventories
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dashboard
host count
job status
jobs tab
main menu
schedule status
DEB files
licenses
deployment, continuous
best practices
dynamic inventory sources
best practices
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Email
notifications types
evaluation
extra variables
callbacks
provisioning callbacks
surveys
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[1]
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[2]
extra_vars
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fact cache
features
fact caching
playbook
fact scan job
custom
playbook
fact scan playbook
system tracking
facts
scan job templates
features
Ansible Galaxy integration
OpenStack inventory support
RESTful API
automation
autoscaling flexibility
backup and restore
cloud flexibility
fact cache
inventory sources, Red Hat CloudForms
inventory sources, Red Hat Satellite 6
notifications
overview
playbooks, Red Hat Insights
real-time playbook
remote command execution
role-based access control
run-time job customization
system tracking
file and directory structure
best practices
forks
jobs
functionality
bubblewrap
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Galaxy support
getting started
applications
credentials
,
[1]
Google
cloud credentials
Google Compute Engine
credential types
inventories
groups
notifications
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Hipchat
notifications types
host count
dashboard
host counts, larger
best practices
hostname configuration
notifications
how they work
credentials
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Insights
credentials
inventory
,
[1]
project
projects
insights
credential types
installation bundle
licenses
instance groups
integration, continuous
best practices
inventories
Amazon Web Services
Ansible Tower
Google Compute Engine
Microsoft Azure Classic (deprecated)
Microsoft Azure Resource Manager
OpenStack
Red Hat CloudForms
Red Hat Satellite 6
Red Hat Virtualization
VMware vCenter
ad hoc commands
add new
custom script
groups
groups; add new
project-sourced
scan job templates
smart
inventory
Insights
,
[1]
inventory sources
notifications
inventory sources, Red Hat CloudForms
features
inventory sources, Red Hat Satellite 6
features
inventory sync
job results
IRC
notifications types
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job results
inventory sync
job status
dashboard
job templates
cloud credentials
job variables
jobs, launching
provisioning callbacks
relaunch
scheduling
,
[1]
survey creation
survey extra variables
survey optional questions
surveys
job templates, hierarchy
job templates, overview
job types
check
run
scan
job variables
job templates
workflow templates
jobs
capacity
event summary
events summary
forks
host events
host status bar
host summary
job summary
notifications
results
views
jobs results
SCM
playbook run
jobs tab
dashboard
jobs, launching
job templates
workflow job templates
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license
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[1]
features
nodes
trial
troubleshooting
types
license features
license, add manually
license, import
license, viewing
licenses
DEB files
RPM files
components
installation bundle
logging in
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machine
credential types
main menu
dashboard
Mattermost
notifications types
Microsoft Azure Classic (deprecated)
inventories
Microsoft Azure Resource Manager
credential types
inventories
MS Azure
cloud credentials
my view
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network
credential types
new schedule addition
projects
notifications
create template
features
groups
hostname configuration
inventory sources
jobs
notifier
notifier hierarchy
notifier workflow
organizations
resetting the TOWER_URL_BASE
template
troubleshooting TOWER_URL_BASE
types
types Email
types Hipchat
types IRC
types Mattermost
types Rocket.Chat
types Slack
types Twilio
types Webhook
types pagerduty
notifier
notifications
notifier hierarchy
notifications
notifier workflow
notifications
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OpenStack
cloud credentials
credential types
inventories
OpenStack inventory support
features
ordering
sorting
organization
summary
organizations
notifications
users
,
[1]
overview
features
oVirt
credential types
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pagerduty
notifications types
permissions
projects
teams
users
playbook
custom fact scans
fact caching
fact scan job
scan job
playbook run
jobs results
playbooks
PRoot settings
bubblewrap
manage manually
process isolation
projects
,
[1]
sharing access
sharing content
source control
playbooks, Red Hat Insights
features
process isolation
playbooks
project
Insights
Scan
project-sourced
inventories
projects
Insights
add new
new schedule addition
permissions
playbooks
,
[1]
source control update
PRoot settings
playbooks
provisioning callbacks
extra variables
job templates
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Rackspace
cloud credentials
RBAC
security
real-time playbook
features
Red Hat CloudForms
inventories
Red Hat Satellite
credential types
Red Hat Satellite 6
inventories
Red Hat Virtualization
credential types
inventories
relaunch
job templates
remote command execution
features
resetting the TOWER_URL_BASE
notifications
RESTful API
features
rhv
credential types
Rocket.Chat
notifications types
role-based access control
features
role-based access controls
RPM files
licenses
run
job types
run-time job customization
features
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Scan
project
scan
job types
scan job
playbook
scan job templates
facts
inventories
schedule
views
schedule status
dashboard
scheduling
add new
,
[1]
job templates
,
[1]
workflow job template
workflow job templates
SCM
jobs results
searching
security
RBAC
settings menu
configure Tower
view license
sharing access
playbooks
sharing content
playbooks
Slack
notifications types
smart
inventories
smart inventories
add new
sorting
ordering
source control
best practices
credential types
source control update
projects
summary
organization
support
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[1]
,
[2]
survey extra variables
job templates
workflow templates
workflows
surveys
creation
,
[1]
extra variables
,
[1]
,
[2]
job templates
optional questions
,
[1]
workflow job templates
system tracking
custom fact scans
fact scan playbook
features
scan job
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teams
permissions
users
,
[1]
template
notifications
token authentication
tokens
applications
,
[1]
Tower admin menu
Tower settings menu
trial
troubleshooting
bubblewrap
license
troubleshooting TOWER_URL_BASE
notifications
Twilio
notifications types
types
Email, notifications
Hipchat, notifications
IRC, notifications
Mattermost, notifications
Rocket.Chat, notifications
Slack, notifications
Twilio, notifications
Webhook, notifications
notifications
pagerduty, notifications
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updates
users
organizations
,
[1]
permissions
teams
,
[1]
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variable inventory management
best practices
variable precedence
,
[1]
variables
bubblewrap
Vault
credential types
view license
settings menu
views
jobs
schedule
visualizer
workflow
VMware
cloud credentials
credential types
VMware vCenter
inventories
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Webhook
notifications types
workflow
visualizer
workflow job template
scheduling
workflow job templates
jobs, launching
scheduling
survey creation
survey optional questions
surveys
workflow templates
job variables
survey extra variables
workflow visualizer
workflow templates, hierarchy
workflow templates, overview
workflow visualizer
workflow templates
workflows
survey extra variables