Utilizing surveys and automated inputs

In Chapter 8, Helping the Database Team with Automation, you learned the advantages of integrating Jira service management with Ansible to automate database operations. Instead of copying the input details from the Jira ticket to the Ansible automation controller, you learned how to integrate with Jira and pass the variables automatically. This enables zero-touch integration without needing to input the details for the automation job, such as the database name, server name, database username, or database tables.

You learned about similar samples in Chapter 12, Integrating Jenkins with Ansible Automation Platform, where Jenkins calls the Ansible automation controller API to execute the job template. From the Ansible automation controller, you used survey fields and elegant forms to pass such information:

Figure 14.1 – Survey form for the PostgreSQL – Create Database and User Access job template

When we...