Ansible Tower

Ansible Tower was deviated from AWX project. now supported by Red Hat.

Ansible Tower is the easy-to-use UI and dashboard and REST API for Ansible. Centralize your Ansible infrastructure from a modern UI, main featuring

1. visual dashboard

2. role-based access control

3. job scheduling

4. integrated notifications

5. graphical inventory management.

Tower's REST API and CLI make it easy to embed Tower into existing tools and processes. Tower now includes real-time output of playbook runs, an all-new dashboard and expanded out-of-the-box cloud support.

Some of the important features of Ansible Tower are listed below. The full feature list is available off the Ansible website.

1. Role-based access control: you can set up teams and users in various roles. These can integrate with your existing LDAP or AD environment.

2. Job scheduling: schedule your jobs and set repetition options

3. Portal mode: this is a simplified view of automation jobs for newbies and less experienced Ansible users. This is an excellent feature as it truly lowers the entry barriers to starting to use Ansible.

4. Fully documented REST API: allows you to integrate Ansible into your existing toolset and environment

5. Tower Dashboard: use this to quickly view a summary of your entire environment. Simplifies things for sysadmins while sipping their coffee.

6. Cloud integration: Tower is compatible with the major cloud environments: Amazon EC2, Rackspace, Azure.