Quiz Entry - updated: 2026.10.22
In which three ways can you obtain Ansible, and how do they differ?
From the upstream community (no vendor support), as part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (limited support), or as the fully supported Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
| Source | Support |
|---|---|
| 1. Upstream community | None from Red Hat; community help only |
| 2. ansible-core in RHEL | Limited: only for automation that Red Hat products ship or generate |
| 3. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform | Full commercial support, plus extra tools |
The Ansible language and its basic concepts are the same in all three. A playbook written against the community version runs on the platform too. What differs is support and the tools around the core.
Go deeper:
Installing Ansible (official docs) — the upstream community route: ansible vs ansible-core and pip installation.- Scope of support for the Ansible Core package in RHEL 9 and 8.6+ AppStream (Red Hat) — exactly what the RHEL-bundled ansible-core does and does not cover.
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (Red Hat) — the fully supported commercial offering.