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AnsiblePilot covers Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) and enterprise Ansible: install and upgrade paths, Event-Driven Ansible, security and day-2 operations, plus Luca Berton's books, videos and training.

Start with the Ansible Automation Platform guides: install and upgrade paths for AAP 2.6 and 2.7, architecture, Event-Driven Ansible, security and day-2 operations. AnsiblePilot is written by Luca Berton, author of 9 technical books (4 on Ansible), Pluralsight instructor and former Red Hat Ansible engineer. The site also has 1,600+ tutorials on playbooks, modules, cloud, Kubernetes, Windows and troubleshooting.

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• Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) Guides: Install, Upgrade, EDA and Operations — Every AnsiblePilot guide to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: AAP 2.6 and 2.7 install and upgrade paths, architecture, EDA, security and day-2 operations.
• AAP 2.7 Patch Release June 17, 2026: Metrics Backup, 18 CVE Fixes, FIPS Receptor, and Bug Fixes — AAP 2.7 patch release June 17 2026: Metrics Service backup/restore, 18 CVE fixes (PyJWT, urllib3, SQL injection), FIPS Receptor, case-insensitive auth maps always on.
• AAP 2.7: Removing Direct API Access — Migration Guide and aap-detect-direct-component-access Tool — AAP 2.7 disables basic auth, PATs, and direct API access to automation controller, Hub, and EDA. Learn how to migrate with the aap-detect-direct-component-access CLI.
• AAP 2.7 Upgrade Path: RPM Installer Removed, Containerized-Only, and the Mandatory 2.6 Stepping Stone — AAP 2.7 removes the RPM installation method. Learn the mandatory upgrade path (2.4/2.5 → 2.6 → 2.7), install method migration rules, and containerized installer steps.
• AAP 2.7 Workload Identity: Configure OIDC Credential Types for HashiCorp Vault (Step-by-Step) — Step-by-step guide to configuring AAP 2.7 OIDC workload identity for HashiCorp Vault: Vault server setup, JWT credential types, static and templated Vault policies.
• Ansible Automation Portal VM Appliance: Deploy on RHEL, KVM, OpenShift Virtualization, and VMware in AAP 2.7 — Deploy the Ansible Automation Portal as a pre-built VM appliance on KVM, OpenShift Virtualization, or VMware vSphere using QCOW2 or VMDK images in AAP 2.7.
• Deploy and Configure the MCP Server for Ansible Automation Platform: Complete Guide (Containerized and OpenShift) — How to deploy the AAP MCP server on containerized and OpenShift installs, configure toolsets, create API tokens, connect Claude and Cursor, and handle security and data visibility.
• microsoft.mecm and microsoft.scom: New Certified Ansible Collections for Windows Automation in AAP 2.7 — Automate Windows patching, client management, and SCOM alerting with the new microsoft.mecm and microsoft.scom certified collections in AAP 2.7.
• ansible.platform Collection: Configuration as Code for Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 — Guide to the ansible.platform collection for AAP 2.7: 22 CaC modules, action plugins on the controller, and the new http connection plugin.
• Bring Your Own Knowledge to Ansible Lightspeed: Custom RAG Pipeline for AAP 2.7 — How to implement BYOK for Ansible Lightspeed in AAP 2.7: build a custom RAG image, import it, and configure the intelligent assistant with your org's docs.
• Event-Driven Ansible Migration Guide: From ansible.eda to eda.builtin and community.eda (AAP 2.7) — Migration guide for Event-Driven Ansible AAP 2.7: move from ansible.eda to eda.builtin and community.eda, with AWS and Azure namespace updates.
• Install Containerized Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 — Install containerized AAP 2.7: run the installer playbook, configure vault and verbosity options, verify gateway access, and enable feature flags.

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