You're reading from Demystifying Ansible Automation Platform A definitive way to manage Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible Tower

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803244884

Length 314 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Ansible

Concepts

DevOps

Author (1):

Sean Sullivan

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Getting Ansible Automation Platform Up and Running

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Ansible Automation Platform FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Installing Ansible Automation Platform

4. Chapter 3: Installing Ansible Automation Platform on OpenShift

5. Chapter 4: Configuring Settings and Authentication

6. Part 2: Configuring AAP

7. Chapter 5: Configuring the Basics after Installation

8. Chapter 6: Configuring Role-Based Access Control

9. Chapter 7: Creating Inventory, and Other Inventory Pieces

10. Chapter 8: Creating Execution Environments

11. Chapter 9: Automation Hub Management

12. Chapter 10: Creating Job Templates and Workflows

13. Part 3: Extending Ansible Tower

14. Chapter 11: Creating Advanced Workflows and Jobs

15. Chapter 12: Using CI/CD to Interact with Automation Controller

16. Chapter 13: Integration with Other Services

17. Chapter 14: Automating at Scale with Automation Mesh

18. Chapter 15: Using Automation Services Catalog

19. Index

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Integrating LDAP with Microsoft AD

LDAP integration is possible without the SSO server. The Automation controller will refer directly to the LDAP server. To configure it in the GUI, navigate to Settings | LDAP authentication. There are multiple tabs for LDAP as the controller can be configured to communicate with up to five different profiles.

A key point is the values to use; at the top of the previous section is a reference on how to get values to connect to an AD server. Those same values will be reused here.

As before, it is possible to configure these settings through the GUI, API, modules, and roles. There are instructions on how to use each earlier in this chapter.

Next, we look at the values used in an LDAP configuration. Each section also contains settings for the recommended basic setup for the same Microsoft AD server from the SSO section.