Oracle Linux Automation
Manager / Engine
Oracle Linux Automation Manager and Oracle Linux Automation
Engine are the latest additions to the Oracle Linux operating
environment. Together, they provide a cost-effective, powerful,
scalable, and secure infrastructure automation framework for Key Benefits
enterprise environments. Additionally, they streamline software • Reduces manual
processes and
provisioning, configuration management, and application-deployment, automates day-to-
enabling infrastructure as code. day IT tasks
• Stabilizes
Oracle Linux Automation Manager and Engine, based upon the open configuration
management
source AWX and Ansible projects respectively, are included with an
• Avoids accidental
Oracle Linux Premier Support subscription. Oracle Linux Premier and malicious drift
Support customers, already using or evaluating AWX or Ansible, can using playbook-
based configuration
run these technologies with Oracle Linux Automation Manager and get as code
support at no additional cost. • Powerful, intuitive,
and secure web-
based user interface
• Provides human-
readable
infrastructure
playbooks in YAML
Oracle Linux Automation Manager and Engine configuration
language
Oracle Linux Automation Manager is based on the AWX open source project. The
• Easy to create or
AWX development branch and documentation are available in GitHub. Oracle leverage existing
Linux Automation Manager provides a centralized web-based UI with reporting playbooks for tasks
such as configuring
and control for your IT infrastructure. With a visual dashboard, it provides
SELinux, firewalls,
workflow automation, role-based access control, job scheduling, integrated networking, and
notifications, and graphical inventory management. adding users
• Standardizes
Oracle Linux Automation Engine is based on the Ansible open source project. The installing and
Ansible development branch and documentation are available in GitHub. configuring
applications such as
Oracle Linux Automation Manager Release has a new, decentralized architecture. webservers on
The modular, container-based approach effectively decouples the control and inventories of hosts
execution planes with the option of multiple nodes and the ability to have a remote • Simplifies assigning
database environment. Current users can easily migrate to the latest release by regular and timed
job runs for tasks
following instructions within the documentation.
• Included with Oracle
Linux Premier
Support at no extra
cost
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For organizations invested in YAML and using or evaluating AWX or Ansible,
Oracle Linux Automation Manager can easily integrate, provide an enterprise
solution, comprehensive automation and run existing YAML-based playbooks.
Oracle Linux Automation Manager is comprised of five main components, Control
Plane, Automation Execution Environments, Service Mesh, Private Automation
Hub and Builder Utility. Key Features
• Projects, which are a
Control Plane logical store for your
playbooks, can be
The Control Plane for Oracle Linux Automation Manager provides the user stored locally on the
interface, role-based access control and content management. The Control Plane Oracle Linux
defines how automation is initiated, deployed, audited and delegated. From the Automation
Manager or sourced
Controller Plane user interface or via RESTful API, users can manage inventory, from a Source
schedule workflows, track changes and initiate reporting. Control Manager
(SCM) facility such
as GIT.
Execution Environments
• Inventory
Execution Environments simplify how automation is executed. With Execution management, where
logical groups of
Environments, the place from where the automation is executed is a ready-
hosts can run
built container with Oracle Linux, ansible-core, python and supporting collections individual modules
and libraries, which enables a consistent and defined environment. or playbooks.
• Credential
management, for
Service Mesh project source and
inventory nodes,
Service Mesh provides a flexible multi-service network linking controller and where credentials
execution nodes within a secure resilient mesh enabling the sharing of job such as machine-
based SSH
execution.
credentials, Oracle
Cloud Infrastructure
(OCI) and GIT
access tokens are
Private Automation Hub centrally stored and
managed.
Based on open-source project galaxy_ng, Private Automation Hub allows to
• Role-based access
synchronize and securely store customer Ansible Collections and Execution control of users,
Environments to use with Oracle Linux Automation Manager. It is a central groups, and
resources.
repository where organizations can store, control access to, and share their user-
• Programmatical
generated Ansible content.
interaction with
REST API and CLI
Related support
services
• Oracle Linux
Support
• Oracle Premier
Support for Systems
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Builder-Utility
The Builder Utility is based on the open source project ansible-builder. Builder-
Utility aids the customization and creation of Execution Environments and then
upload them to Private Automation Hub, ultimately to be leveraged by Oracle
Linux Automation Manager to suit the dependencies and requirements of
numerous Environments.
To access finer and more detailed insights of the above topics, please refer to
Oracle Linux Automation Manager: Private Automation Hub Installation Guide and
Oracle Linux Automation Manager: Private Automation Hub User's Guide.
Dashboard
The Oracle Linux Automation Manager dashboard provides an immediate
overview for everything scheduled and in flight within your environment.
From the dashboard, you can access hosts and inventory status, view all jobs, and
an overview of recent job runs. The option to adjust job status or time range
settings enables you to graph data based on specific requirements.
Role-based access control
Allowing the right people with the right access to the right resources is key. Oracle
Linux Automation Manager lets organizations quickly and easily control who can
run what tasks on what resources.
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Real-time job updates
Executed and scheduled jobs run in real time. As Oracle Linux Automation
Manager automates across your infrastructure, you’ll see running and completed
tasks, related to each system, and each success or failure, with complete output of
the execution.
Job scheduler
Oracle Linux Automation Manager offers different options to schedule playbook
runs and source control updates, allowing you to schedule occasional tasks like
point-in-time jobs (backup), periodic jobs (configuration remediation for security
compliance), or a full and continuous delivery job with just a few clicks.
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Activity log
Oracle Linux Automation Manager enables you to verify all the activities executed.
Events within your infrastructure can be analyzed, monitored for anomalies, and
correlated from one service to another. Event data types are job runs, activity
stream data, and log messages.
Inventory management
Oracle Linux Automation Manager provides inventories that enable a logical
segmentation of physical resources to be coupled with the role-based access
control framework.
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REST API and CLI support
Oracle Linux Automation Manager provides a REST API for programmatical
interaction as well as a Command Line Interface (CLI) for direct interaction
providing options outside the web based UI.
Streamlined support
Oracle is the only vendor in the industry that offers a complete Linux-based
solution stack – applications, middleware, database, management tools, operating
system, virtualization, hardware, engineered systems, and cloud – along with
streamlined support, which offers several benefits.
With Oracle as your Linux support provider, your costs can be significantly lower
than with other vendors’ Linux support, while having a single point of contact for
all your support needs. Users are free to decide which systems should be covered
by a support subscription, and at which level each of them should be supported.
There is no all-or-nothing clause. This makes Oracle Linux an ideal choice for both
development and production systems. You decide which support coverage is the
best for each of your systems individually, while keeping all of them up-to-date
and secure.
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