IBM z/OS Container Extensions (zCX) Use Cases

Using Ansible to automate deployment and tests

This chapter provides instructions for writing Ansible playbooks and setting up an agent for deployment.

This chapter includes the following topics:

•9.1, “Ansible overview” on page 206

•9.2, “Setting up Ansible by using Jenkins” on page 206

•9.3, “Setting up a Jenkins deployment agent” on page 208

•9.4, “Running a Jenkins deploy agent Docker container” on page 210

•9.5, “Checking Jenkins deploy agent Docker container status” on page 211

9.1 Ansible overview

Ansible is an automation engine that automates ...