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Using Automation Services Catalog

Automation Services Catalog (ASC) is a frontend for users to the Automation controller. It is designed for business users that may not realize that they are using Ansible Automation. It allows users to order jobs and fill in surveys for job templates and workflows through a friendly user interface. This chapter will go into the details of what exactly ASC is, how to configure the various parts of it, how to create orders and products for users to consume, and how to use approval workflows.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

  • What is Automation services catalog?
  • Configuring ASC
  • Approvals inside ASC

Technical requirements

An ASC server is required to follow along with this chapter. ...

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