Runbook types

Transfer your procedure based documentation to manual runbooks. Then add actions and continue with semi-automated runbooks or fully automated runbooks.

Runbook Automation supports three different types of runbooks:

  • Manual runbooks

    Steps describe the exact procedure that an operator must follow. The operator uses standard tools, which can be accessed from their working environment.

  • Semi-automated runbooks

    Each step describes exactly what an operator must do. Additionally, the operator can run an automated task on a target system.

  • Fully automated runbooks

    The runbook runs automatically without operator interaction.

Actions

Actions are a task that run autonomously on a target system. For example, a shell script that identifies many files in a file system.

Runbook Automation supports the following technologies to connect to a backend system:

  • Script

    Actions of this type contain a complete script. When a SSH Action runs, the content is sent to the target system and executed. Scripts can be of type Bash or PowerShell, depending on the target system.

  • HTTP

    Actions of this type define the specific properties to make a secure HTTP call.

  • Ansible

    Actions of this type reference existing Job Templates or Workflow Job Templates on an Ansible Automation Platform Controller server and run them with the defined variables.

For more information, see Actions.