Red Hat AAP components
Red Hat AAP is an automation suite that contains multiple components, as shown in the following diagram:
Figure 12.4 – High-level diagram of Red Hat AAP 2.1 components (source: https://www.ansible.com/blog/introducing-red-hat-ansible-automation-platform-2.1)
In the following sections, you will learn about the different components of AAP, such as the automation controller, execution environments, and automation mesh.
Ansible automation controller
The automation controller was referred to as Ansible Tower previously. It is the control plane and the core component of AAP. With the introduction of the Ansible automation controller, the control plane components (WebUI and API) become decoupled from the execution environment (EE), which also helps the solution with additional execution nodes.
With the automation controller, we can manage the AAP operations from the WebUI, such as managing remote nodes (inventory), credentials...
