Automation Platform
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Overview Get started
Features
- Ansible Lightspeed
- Ansible plug-ins for Red Hat Developer Hub
- Event-Driven Ansible
- Self-service automation portal
- Automation execution environments
- Automation controller
- Automation mesh
- Ansible Content Collections
- Ansible automation hub
- Automation dashboard and automation analytics
- Ansible development tools
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All features
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Integrations Extend your use of Ansible Automation Platform with partner offerings, including certified collections and resources.
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Deployment options - Documentation
Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed
Red Hat® Ansible® Lightspeed is Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform’s generative AI service to empower your entire automation team.
Generative AI, purpose-built and trained for enterprise automation
Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed is Ansible Automation Platform's rich generative AI service that enhances user expertise and empowers automation teams to work smarter, make better decisions, and resolve operational issues faster. Boost IT and developer productivity, address skill gaps, and reduce onboarding friction while responding to the complex demands of IT and automation.
Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed includes:
- Intelligent assistance, which helps busy administrators install, configure, maintain, and optimize Ansible Automation Platform.
- Code assistance, which helps automation engineers develop reliable automation content including Ansible Playbooks, Ansible Roles, or code for single or multiple tasks.
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Accelerate your IT automation with AI.
Features and benefits
Accelerate automation administration
Simplify Ansible Automation Platform administration with integrated access to documentation while eliminating common points of friction during set up, configuration, and maintenance. Trained on trusted Red Hat data sources, Ansible Lightspeed intelligent assistant helps administrators onboard and troubleshoot issues directly within the platform experience.
Example prompts
"What is an execution environment?"
"How do I upgrade to the latest version of Ansible Automation Platform?"
"How do I configure EDA?"
Create code efficiently
Create Ansible content faster and more accurately with reliable, trusted code recommendations—served directly in your code editing environment via the Ansible VS Code extension. Ansible Lightspeed with IBM watsonx Code Assistant can generate single tasks, multiple tasks, or an entire Ansible Playbook or role from a single prompt. Customize the model using your proprietary Ansible content to further refine generative AI recommendations and accuracy.
Example prompts
"Write an Ansible Playbook to provision a VM on AWS."
"Deploy LAMP stack on a RHEL server."
"Show me an Ansible Playbook that will install RHEL AI"
See how it works
Explore these interactive experiences to learn how to get started with Ansible Lightspeed.
Test drive the Ansible Lightspeed intelligent assistant.
Explore how to activate your Ansible Lightspeed with IBM watsonx Code Assistant trial.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed for coding assistant and the Ansible Lightspeed intelligent assistant?
The Ansible Lightspeed coding assistant targets Ansible engineers and developers and is integrated into the Ansible extension for VS Code. This service requires a subscription, either through cloud or on-premise, to IBM watsonx Code Assistant- the service that delivers the underlying LLM capabilities.
The Ansible Lightspeed intelligent assistant targets Ansible Automation Platform operators and administrators, and is integrated into Ansible Automation Platform itself. This use case requires the customer to bring their own LLM, either through Red Hat AI platforms or through supported third-party providers.
How do I set up the Ansible Lightspeed intelligent assistant?
The service is available as part of the Ansible Automation Platform operator on Red Hat OpenShift deployments. Read the documentation for initial set up and configuration.
How do I set up Ansible Lightspeed with IBM watsonx Code Assistant?
You will need to activate the Ansible Lightspeed service and connect to IBM watsonx Code Assistant. Learn how to set up a 90-day trial.
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