RH358v8.1 and Ansible-navigator

[MrErlison]

Hi,

I recently passed RHCEv9 which uses ansible-navigator. I was interested in doing RH358, but the version is 8.1 and it doesn't use ansible-navigator.

Is there much difference in ansible-navigator to other ansible tools?

By taking the course, will I be able to use what I learned in RHEL 9 and ansible-navigator?

Should I wait for an update?

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[carlos_arias · Accepted solution]

Hi there, ansible-navigator it's a little bit more complex than ansible-core, because it uses containers. In the case of ansible-core everything runs directly on the OS, but it is the same if we talk about writing playbooks.

[Travis]

@MrErlison -

One other thing to keep in mind, RH294 is centered around AAP which requires separate subscription entitlements. AAP is meant to be run at an enterprise-level and the ansible-navigator command and execution environments are meant to make development easier and more portable.

The next version on RHEL 9.x may or may not have content developed around ansible-navigator and AAP. As @carlos_arias has stated ansible-core is what is shipped with RHEL and along with the RHEL System Roles packages. The main difference would be in how the playbooks function if you use "localhost" for the hosts in the playbook. The other consideration would be how you use and reference collections in the playbook as the collection name with the roles and modules will be slightly different based on whether they are installed using the RPM or if the come from AAP.