New Ansible Collections for AI Infrastructure — 2025 Content Update
By Luca Berton · Published 2024-01-01 · Category: installation
Overview of new Ansible content collections for AI, networking, cloud, and infrastructure released in H1 2025 including redhat.ai, Cisco Meraki, and Windows enhancements.
Introduction
In the first half of 2025, Red Hat released a wave of new and updated Ansible Content Collections across AI, networking, cloud, and infrastructure domains. This article summarizes the key additions and what they mean for automation practitioners.
AI Collections
redhat.ai Certified Collection
The redhat.ai collection provides modules for managing Red Hat AI infrastructure: • Deploy and manage AI models on RHEL AI • Automate InstructLab configuration • Streamline MLOps workflows
infra.ai Validated Content
The infra.ai collection offers ready-to-use playbooks for deploying RHEL AI across: • AWS — EC2 provisioning with GPU support • Google Cloud — GCE instances for AI workloads • Azure — VM deployment with AI-optimized SKUs • Bare Metal — Custom ISO generation for RHEL AI
Networking Collections
Cisco UCS Validated Content
Better management of the Cisco UCS landscape through Intersight integration.
Cisco Intersight — 300% Expansion
Major expansion enabling automation for: • IP pool creation and management • VLAN policies and pools • Compute and network settings within the UCS ecosystem
Cisco Meraki Validated Content
New validated content for automating Meraki cloud-controlled remote devices:
Nautobot Integration
Support for Nautobot as a Network Source of Truth, enabling automated inventory and configuration management.
Nokia SR Linux
New support for Nokia SR Linux device automation.
Juniper Apstra + OpenShift
Integration with Juniper Apstra using Event-Driven Ansible capabilities on Red Hat OpenShift.
F5 Validated Content
Proactive security scenarios with Event-Driven Ansible for F5 infrastructure.
Cloud Enhancements
amazon.aws 10.0
Major release migrating numerous modules: • EC2, VPC, and autoscaling modules • New module architecture for better maintainability
Azure Enhancements • Azure Arc device support • Azure Key Vault integration for secure automation
Infrastructure Updates
Windows Server • OpenSSH support for Windows management • 95% expansion of certified Windows content • IIS lifecycle management modules
VMware vSphere • Direct node counting improvements • Expanded certified use cases • VM creation in the vmware.vmware collection
What's Coming Next
Red Hat's roadmap includes: • Google Cloud content expansion • Multivendor network inventory and health check reports • Juniper JunOS collection consolidation • Terraform Enterprise and HashiCorp Vault collections
Conclusion
The 2025 content updates significantly expand Ansible's reach into AI, advanced networking, and cloud infrastructure. These certified and validated collections provide ready-to-use automation for enterprises adopting AI and modernizing their infrastructure.
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