Ansible - AWX 2/2
Last week, we installed AWX. It is one of the Open Source upstream developments for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. In the second part of this article, we will explore the UI and add our first workload to AWX.
Last week, we installed AWX. It is one of the Open Source upstream developments for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. In the second part of this article, we will explore the UI and add our first workload to AWX.
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