Overview of Automation mesh
A new feature called Automation mesh was introduced starting with Ansible Automation Platform 2.1. This allows for the separation of the control plane and the execution parts of the controller. It also allows for execution nodes to be on-premises, in the cloud, or even on the edge.
Increasing the capacity of the Automation controller is done by adding execution nodes or adding CPU and memory to existing nodes. Adding nodes is currently done by adding entries to the inventory and rerunning the installer. On the roadmap of future features is the ability to do this without a full reinstall. The next section will go into detail about the nodes that can be used on AAP.
The distinct types of nodes
There are seven types of nodes in an AAP deployment:
- Control node: This node contains the web GUI and API and controls all jobs.
- Execution node: This node only executes jobs.
- Hybrid node: This node combines a control and execution node. ...
