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Integrate Red Hat Developer Hub with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Learning path | 11 resources | 2 hrs and 28 mins | Published on June 2, 2026
Mattia Mascia

Integrate Red Hat Developer Hub with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform under a single sign-on system using the Red Hat build of Keycloak. We cover the setup process, from deploying the necessary components to configuring single sign-on.

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  1. Overview: Integrate Red Hat Developer Hub with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
  2. Deploy Ansible Automation Platform, the Red Hat build of Keycloak, and Red Hat Developer Hub operators Page | 25 mins
  3. Configure single sign-on with the Red Hat build of Keycloak Page | 20 mins
  4. Configure SSO authentication in Ansible Automation Platform Page | 15 mins
  5. Create an OAuth application in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for Red Hat Developer Hub Page | 20 mins
  6. Generate personal access tokens Page | 15 mins
  7. Enable external authentication for Ansible Automation Platform Page | 10 mins
  8. Deploy and configure Red Hat Developer Hub with Ansible Automation Platform integration Page | 15 mins
  9. Configure the plugin registry for Ansibile Automation Platform and Red Hat Developer Hub integrations Page | 10 mins
  10. Deploy Red Hat Developer Hub with the Ansible Automation Platform integration Page | 10 mins
  11. Get started with Red Hat Developer Hub with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform integrations Page | 8 mins

Overview: Integrate Red Hat Developer Hub with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

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Modern development environments often struggle with "siloed" automation, where infrastructure provisioning, identity management, and developer self-service portals are disconnected. This leads to manual hand-offs, inconsistent security configurations, and a slowed development lifecycle. 

If you’re building a developer portal with Red Hat Developer Hub (Developer Hub) and want to integrate it with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, one of the first challenges you’ll face is authentication. How do you let developers access both platforms without managing multiple credentials?

In this guide, I’ll walk you through setting up a complete single sign-on (SSO) solution that connects Developer Hub, Ansible Automation Platform, and the Red Hat build of Keycloak, creating an authentication flow for developers from initial access to interacting with resources. This integration centralizes identity management to provide more secure SSO and automated token handling across platforms. It enables developers to use synchronized automation resources through a self-service catalog without needing to leave Developer Hub.

The authentication flow works like this (Figure 1):

  1. Developer accesses Developer Hub.
  2. The Ansible Automation Platform plugin shows the Sign in with Ansible Automation Platform button.
  3. The user clicks the button, triggering OAuth flow to Ansible Automation Platform.
  4. Ansible Automation Platform receives the OAuth request and redirects to its configured SSO authentication provider (Red Hat build of Keycloak).
  5. The user logs in with their credentials.
  6. The Red Hat build of Keycloak validates credentials and returns the user to Ansible Automation Platform.
  7. Ansible Automation Platform issues an OAuth token and redirects back to Developer Hub.
  8. Developer Hub stores the token and uses it for all subsequent Ansible Automation Platform API calls.

  9. The user can now interact with resources directly from Developer Hub.

    Graphic showing the above steps horizontally, occurring in real time between the tools and technologies.
    Figure 1: Developer authentication flow.

Prerequisites:

In this learning path, you will:

  • Use SSO credentials across the entire platform.
  • Authenticate to Ansible Automation Platform through the Developer Hub plugin.
  • Access and launch Ansible Automation Platform workflows directly from Developer Hub.
  • View Ansible Automation Platform resources in the Developer Hub catalog.
  • Use OAuth tokens for more secure API communication between Developer Hub and Ansible Automation Platform.