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Ansible collections simplify AIX automation
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Ansible is one of the most popular tools for managing servers and other infrastructures. The use of Ansible to automate the management of AIX systems is an attractive idea. Although setting up Ansible to work with AIX might sound like a daunting task, it is far from complicated. Given that IBM has embraced Ansible as its tool of choice for automating the management of its Power servers, if you are looking for a flexible, powerful tool to automate your AIX administration tasks, Ansible is the way to go.
Ansible collections are a way to package and distribute Ansible content, such as playbooks, roles, modules, and plugins. These collections help organize Ansible projects and share them with other users or teams. Ansible Galaxy provides collections for IBM Power AIX that are maintained by the Ansible community [1]. The overall set of IBM Power collections provide modules that can be used to manage IBM Power servers; collections are also available for IBM VIOS, HMC, IBM i, and Linux on Power [2]. A full list of components and modules for the AIX collection are available on the Ansible Galaxy and IBM GitHub sites [3]. The content in these collections helps you manage workloads running on IBM Power platforms as part of an enterprise automation strategy within the Ansible ecosystem.
The IBM AIX collection provides Ansible modules that can be used to manage AIX configurations and deployments. The collection is available to download and install from the Ansible Galaxy site [4] (Figure 1). Both Ansible-certified and community-supported IBM Power collections are provided [5].
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