Ansible Automation Platform

Full Stack Release using Ansible Automation Platform

Ansible Automation Platform is the replacement for Ansible Tower.

The Application Stack is a combination of Podman containers with an Apache reverse proxy for ingress.

This implementation does not include infrastructure, i.e. the creation of the host and related networking is not included in the automation, however, it does combine configuration management and software delivery.

graph TD
  client["🌐"]:::transparent

  subgraph dc["Data Center"]
    subgraph vm["Host"]
      Apache
      subgraph Podman
        vm1-con-a["Rails"]
        vm1-con-b["Spring"]
        vm1-con-c["Python"]
      end
    end
  end

  client -->
  Apache --> vm1-con-a
  Apache --> vm1-con-b
  Apache --> vm1-con-c

classDef transparent fill:none,stroke:none,color:black

classDef dashed stroke-dasharray: 5, 5
class dc dashed
 
classDef dotted stroke-dasharray: 2, 2
class Podman dotted

The configuration of the host and deployment of the application are defined once, and deployed many times, e.g. test and production.

graph LR

  subgraph Rails
    Rbuild["Build"] -->
    Rtest["Test"] -->
    Rpublish["Publish"]
  end
  subgraph Python
    Pbuild["Build"] -->
    Ptest["Test"] -->
    Ppublish["Publish"]
  end
  subgraph Spring
    Sbuild["Build"] -->
    Stest["Test"] -->
    Spublish["Publish"]
  end

  subgraph Release
    TEST:::release
    PROD:::release
  end

  store1[(GitLab Docker Registry)]
  store2[(Nexus Docker Registry)]

  Rpublish --> store1
  Spublish --> store1
  Ppublish --> store2
  store1 --> TEST
  store2 --> TEST
  TEST --> PROD

classDef release fill:lightgreen