Introduction to the Ansible PowerPack

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This section describes the Run Book Automation policies and Run Book Action policies found in the Ansible Automation PowerPack.

This PowerPack is available with a ScienceLogic SL1 Standard solution. Contact your ScienceLogic Customer Success Manager or Customer Support to learn more.

This PowerPack requires a subscription that includes CMDB/Inventory Workflow Automations.

What is the Ansible Automation PowerPack?

The Ansible Automation PowerPack includes automation policies and action policies that unidirectionally sync Towers and Commands from Ansible to SL1 events.

Installing the Ansible Automation PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the Ansible Automation PowerPack.

IMPORTANT: You must install and configure the Ansible SyncPack version 1.0.0 before using the Ansible Automation PowerPack.

The Ansible Automation PowerPack requires SL1 version 11.1.0 or later. For details on upgrading SL1, see the appropriate SL1 Release Notes.

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. (For more information, see the section on Global Settings.)

To download and install a PowerPack:

  1. Download the PowerPack from the ScienceLogic Support Site at https://support.sciencelogic.com/s/powerpacks.
  2. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. In the PowerPack Manager page, click the Actions button, then select Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click the [Browse] button and navigate to the PowerPack file.
  5. When the PowerPack Installer modal appears, click the Install button to install the PowerPack.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPack Manager page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.