What is Automation services catalog?
ASC is a way for business users to have a friendly user interface to order job templates and workflows. This was originally a Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted alongside Automation hub on https://console.redhat.com. However, due to popular demand, it was moved to be an on-premises solution for use. The upstream product where development work is done is called Pinakes (https://github.com/ansible/pinakes), named after the Greek term for library catalogs. For information on how to build an upstream development deployment, refer to the installation guide at the aforementioned Pinakes link.
ASC is made up of the following sections in the GUI:
Figure 15.1 – ACS navigation
The navigation bar is the primary way of navigating ASC. The details of each section are as follows:
- Platforms: This is the Automation controller that the catalog connects to. At the time of writing, it is limited to connecting to a single...
