Configuring the Ansible Automation Platform cloud connector

As an automation engineer, you configure the cloud connector to establish a connection between BMC Helix Intelligent Automation and Ansible Automation Platform (formerly called Ansible Tower). 

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Managing-automation-policies

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To configure the Ansible Automation Platform connector

  1. In the BMC Helix Intelligent Automation console, go to Connectors > Available Connectors.
  2. Click Configure against the Ansible Platform connector.  
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  3. Enter a unique name for the connector.
  4. Enter the endpoint URL for the Ansible Automation Platform.
  5. Enter the username and password required to access the Ansible Platform application.
  6. Click Save.
    The connector is saved and appears under the Configured Connectors tab with the status as Connected.
    If the connector is not successfully connected, the status appears as     Disconnected. 


Where to go from here

Now that the connector is configured successfully, you can create policies to execute actions supported by Ansible Automation Platform. For more information, see Restarting-PATROL-Agent-on-a-server. 

 

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