APAC Hybrid Cloud Kopi Hours (E7) - Automation!

Getting started with Event Driven Automation and Ansible Lightspeed!

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1. Agenda
   01 What is event driven automation?
   02 Introducing Ansible Lightspeed with IBM Watson
   Code Assistant
   03 Demo
   

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   What is event-driven automation?
   The ability to connect events for
   discrete, actionable intelligence, then
   execute automated actions to
   respond to events and provide
   observation and auditability across
   your automation landscape
   

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3. 3
   Network
   Routers
   IPAM
   Switches
   LBs
   Private cloud
   Infrastructure Cloud native
   Security Public cloud
   ITSM
   Red Hat Ansible
   Automation Platform
   Edge
   PAM
   IDPS
   SIEM
   Firewalls
   Single enterprise platform now with more automation options
   Automatically respond to
   changing conditions
   Event-Driven Ansible
   Ansible Rulebooks
   Initiate planned automation
   across domains
   Ansible Automation Platform
   Ansible Playbooks
   

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4. Ansible Rulebooks
   Simple declarative decisions through rules
   - name: Automatic Remediation of a web server
   hosts: all
   sources:
   - name: listen for alerts
   ansible.eda.alertmanager:
   host: 0.0.0.0
   port: 8000
   rules:
   - name: restart web server
   condition: event.alert.labels.job ==
   "fastapi" and event.alert.status == "firing"
   action:
   run_playbook:
   name: ansible.eda.start_app
   ▸ Events are processed by a rules engine
   ▹ Rules trigger based on conditions and actions
   can be carried out by the rules engine
   ▹ Rules are organized into Ansible Rulebooks
   ▹ Ansible rules can apply to events occurring on
   specific hosts or groups
   ▸ Conditional management of actions to events
   ▹ Simple YAML structure for logical conditions
   ▹ Events can trigger different types of actions:
   ■ Run Ansible Playbooks
   ■ Run Modules
   ■ Post new events to the event handler
   ▸ YAML-like format familiarity
   ▹ Current Ansible users quickly learn and use
   Rulebook writing
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5. Ansible Lightspeed
   With IBM Watson Code Assistant
   

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6. Red Hat wants to accelerate automation, from creation through execution
   Why? Because our customers are under increasing pressure to
   be more efficient, and turn to Ansible automation to help.
   The key to getting the most out of automation, is to drive
   it from an enterprise level. That involves multiple teams
   working together to create automation code.
   Code that scales across domains.
   Code that meets the varied needs of the teams using it.
   Code that is trusted and compliant.
   

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7. The AI revolution has come to automation
   Bridge skills gaps
   Accessible with natural language
   Expand into new automation domains
   Less time spent coding
   More focus on automation outcomes
   Better code
   Integrating generative AI into automation can greatly enhance the automation
   creation experience, helping creators produce better automation content, more
   quickly.
   The end result? Improved overall efficiency of an organization’s automation efforts,
   improving ROI and time to value.
   

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8. 3 things to know about the Ansible Lightspeed Tech Preview
   It is now available for ALL Ansible users, for free.
   This is a limited service, with a one primary capability: task generation.
   This is a self-supported service.
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   https://docs.ai.ansible.redhat.com/
   

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9. The Ansible Lightspeed experience
   Enhancing Playbook creation
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10. Resources and next
    steps
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11. Resources
    Get started on your event-driven automation journey
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    ansible.com/event-driven
    labs.demoredhat.com
    MANAGERS
    Event-Driven Ansible web page
    451 Research: The Impact of
    Event-Driven Automation
    on IT Operations
    IDC QuickTake AnsibleFest 2922,
    including Event-Driven Ansible
    Blog: Highly Efficient, Resilient IT
    operations
    Blog: Introducing Event-Driven Ansible
    TECHNICAL ROLES
    Event-Driven Ansible web page
    Free self-paced labs
    Ansible Rulebook documentation
    Event-Driven Ansible blog series
    Blog: Getting started with Event-Driven
    Ansible
    Blog: Creating custom plugins
    

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12. Resources
    redhat.com/ansible-lightspeed
    ▸ Get started with the service
    ▸ Community docs
    ▸ Technical Preview video
    ▸ Technical preview blog
    

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13. linkedin.com/company/red-hat
    youtube.com/user/RedHatVideos
    facebook.com/redhatinc
    twitter.com/RedHat
    Thank you
    

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