The IBM Z System Automation collection, also represented as ibm_zos_sysauto in this document, is part of the broader initiative to bring Ansible Automation to IBM Z® through the offering Red Hat® Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z®. The IBM Z System Automation collection supports operational tasks using the IBM Z System Automation Operations API such as creating and deleting dynamic resources from a template defined in the current active policy of an IBM Z System Automation environment. It interacts with IBM Z System Automation using the SA Operations API provided by the SA Operations REST Server.

Red Hat® Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z provides the ability to connect IBM Z® to clients' wider enterprise automation strategy through the Ansible Automation Platform ecosystem. This enables development and operations automation on Z through a seamless, unified workflow orchestration with configuration management, provisioning, and application deployment in one easy-to-use platform.

The IBM Z System Automation is following the Red Hat® Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z® method of distributing content. Collections will be developed in the open, and when content is ready for use it is released to Ansible Galaxy for community adoption. Once contributors review community usage, feedback, and are satisfied with the content published, the collection will then be released to Ansible Automation Hub as certified and IBM supported for Red Hat® Ansible Automation Platform subscribers. 

For guides and reference, please review the documentation.

The IBM Z System Automation collection, includes roles and ansible-doc to automate tasks on z/OS.

Sample playbooks are available in our samples repository contributed by the Red Hat Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z team.

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This collection is licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0.