Automate Like a Boss: A Beginner's Guide to Installing Ansible Automation Platform

How to install an Ansible Automation Platform in a single node with an internal database in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

March 29, 2023

Standalone automation controller with internal database (single host)

The following inventory file is used to install the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform with one Ansible Automation Controller. This installation inventory file installs one single automation controller node with an internal database “host1.example.com”.

[automationcontroller]
host1.example.com node_type=hybrid

[all:vars]
admin_password='<password>'
pg_host=''
pg_port='5432'
pg_database='awx'
pg_username='awx'
pg_password='<password>'
pg_sslmode='prefer'

registry_url='registry.redhat.io'
registry_username='<registry username>'
registry_password='<registry password>'

With the following parameters:

• [automationcontroller] The hostname and the node type. In this case host1.example.com and hybrid type. The hybrid type act as a controller and execution node
• admin_password: the password of the “admin” user in the Web user interface
• pg_password: the password of the PostgreSQL database
• registry_username: the Red Hat Consumer username
• registry_password: the Red Hat Consumer password

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