Configure job templates and use cases

Now that you've transitioned your Developer Sandbox instance into Ansible Automation Platform and customized your execution environment, this lesson will show you how to manage your credentials and templates.

In order to get full benefit from taking this lesson, you need:

• A Red Hat Developer account.

In this lesson, you will:

• Import playbooks.
• Build job templates.
• Configure use cases

Import ready-to-use playbooks

The first step to managing your sandbox is creating a project:

1. In the Ansible Automation Platform sidebar, go to Automation Execution > Projects then click Create project.
2. Fill out the following details:
   • Name: aap-sandbox-project
   • Organization: Default
   • Execution environment: ee-sandbox
   • Source control type: Git
   • Source control URL: https://github.com/ansible-tmm/aap-sandbox-project.git
3. Select Create project.

Create a machine credential 

Now it's time to access the VM:

1. In the Ansible Automation Platform sidebar, go to Automation Execution > Infrastructure then select the Credentials option.
2. In the new screen, select Create credential.

3. Fill out the form with the following:

   • Name: credential-ssh
   • Credential Type: Machine
   • Username: cloud-user
   • Private key:

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Create a RHEL 9 VM in OpenShift Virtualization

Now we can create the VM:

1. In the Ansible Automation Platform sidebar, go to Automation Execution → Templates. 
2. Click Create template then choose the Create job template.
3. Fill out the following:
   • Name: Create VM
   • Job type: Run
   • Inventory: inventory-sandbox
   • Project: aap-sandbox-project
   • Playbook: ocp_vm_create.yml
   • Execution environment: ee-sandbox
   • Credentials: credential-ocp
4. Select Create job template.

Delete a RHEL 9 VM in OpenShift Virtualization

Here's how to delete a RHEL VM:

1. In the Ansible Automation Platform sidebar, go to Automation Execution → Templates.
2. Click Create template then choose the Create job template.
3. Fill out the following:
   • Name: Delete VM
   • Job type: Run
   • Inventory: inventory-sandbox
   • Project: aap-sandbox-project
   • Playbook: ocp_vm_create.yml
   • Execution environment: ee-sandbox
   • Credentials: credential-ocp
4. Select Create job template.

Start the RHEL VM in OpenShift Virtualization

Now let’s add a job template to start the VM we created:

1. In the Ansible Automation Platform sidebar, go to Automation Execution → Templates.
2. Click the Create template button, and choose Create job template.
3. Fill out the following:
   • Name: Start VM
   • Job type: Run
   • Inventory: inventory-sandbox
   • Project: aap-sandbox-project
   • Playbook: ocp_vm_create.yml
   • Execution environment: ee-sandbox
   • Credentials: credential-ocp
4. Select Create job template.

Stop the RHEL VM in OpenShift Virtualization 

Here's how to stop the VM we created:

1. In the Ansible Automation Platform sidebar, go to Automation Execution → Templates.
2. Click the Create template button, and choose Create job template.
3. Fill out the following:
   • Name: Stop VM
   • Job type: Run
   • Inventory: inventory-sandbox
   • Project: aap-sandbox-project
   • Playbook: ocp_vm_create.yml
   • Execution environment: ee-sandbox
   • Credentials: credential-ocp
4. Select Create job template.

Register the RHEL VM to Red Hat

Time to add a job template to register the RHEL VM to Red Hat:

1. In the Ansible Automation Platform sidebar, go to Automation Execution → Templates.
2. Click the Create template button, and choose Create job template.
3. Fill out the following:
   • Name: RHEL Register
   • Job type: Run
   • Inventory: inventory-sandbox
   • Project: aap-sandbox-project
   • Playbook: rhel_register.yml
   • Execution environment: ee-sandbox
   • Credentials: credential-ssh
   • Privilege escalation: Checked
4. Select Create job template.

Configure time sync in the RHEL VM

Configure your template:

1. In the Ansible Automation Platform sidebar, go to Automation Execution → Templates.
2. Click the Create template button, and choose Create job template.
3. Fill out the following:
   • Name: RHEL Timesync
   • Job type: Run
   • Inventory: inventory-sandbox
   • Project: aap-sandbox-project
   • Playbook: rhel_timesync.yml
   • Execution environment: ee-sandbox
   • Credentials: credential-ssh
   • Privilege escalation: Checked
4. Select Create job template.

Summary

In this learning path, you started your Ansible Automation Platform journey by provisioning a Developer Sandbox instance and creating custom execution environments. Along the way, you've learned how to create credentials, inventories, projects, and templates that helped you create your Ansible Automation Platform sandbox.

Ready to learn more about how Ansible automates? Try these learning paths:

• Foundations of Ansible
• Get started with Ansible Playbooks
• Streamline automation in OpenShift Dev Spaces with Ansible