Ansible and Automation at tech events
19 write-ups · 9 events · 2023–2026
Here I collect talks, demos and booth conversations on Ansible and IT automation. From Ansible Automates London and Community Day Berlin to Red Hat Summit and Tech Day Netherlands, the recurring themes are Event-Driven Ansible, automation at scale, how the community shapes collections, and how automation meets AI and OpenShift.
2026
June 2026 · Red Hat Tech Day Netherlands 2026
Ansible MCP Server Demo: AI Automation in Cursor IDELive demo of the Ansible MCP Server from Red Hat Tech Day Netherlands 2026: agentic job management, root cause analysis, and NL automation in Cursor.
June 2026 · Red Hat Tech Day Netherlands 2026
Ansible VS Code Extension with MCP ServerRed Hat's Ansible VS Code extension now embeds an MCP server for AI-assisted playbook creation, context-aware linting, and compliant scaffolding.
June 2026 · Red Hat Tech Day Netherlands 2026
AAP 2.7 Automation Portal & Execution Environment BuilderWhat's new in Ansible Automation Platform 2.7: the Automation Portal with a visual Execution Environment Builder, self-service templates and guided workflows.
June 2026 · Red Hat Tech Day Netherlands 2026
Ansible Intelligent Assistant & MCP Server: BYOK RAGRed Hat's Automation Intelligent Assistant (AIA) brings BYOK RAG, a hosted MCP server exposing AAP to LLMs, and multi-provider BYOM flexibility.
June 2026 · Red Hat Tech Day Netherlands 2026
Ansible Automation Orchestrator (Q3 2026 Preview)Red Hat Ansible Automation Orchestrator (Q3 2026) combines event detection, AI reasoning and deterministic execution in one governed pipeline with approvals.
June 2026 · Red Hat Tech Day Netherlands 2026
Upgrading to Ansible Automation Platform 2.6+ (EOL Guide)AAP 2.4 reaches end of life in June 2026 and AAP 2.7 is GA on June 3, 2026: the upgrade timeline, Extended Update Support costs and a 5-phase plan.
June 2026 · Red Hat Tech Day Netherlands 2026 · Netherlands
OpenClaw + Ansible: Agentic CVE RemediationLive demo of OpenClaw orchestrating end-to-end CVE remediation: agent detection, ServiceNow ticketing, OPA policy review, and AAP playbook execution.
13 May 2026 · Red Hat Summit 2026 · Atlanta
Summit 2026 Day 2: OpenShift, Ansible, AgentsNotes from the Red Hat Summit 2026 day two keynote: OpenShift for AI and VMs, zero trust, agentic operations, Ansible governance and a live agent red team.
11 May 2026 · Red Hat Summit 2026 · Atlanta
AI-Powered RHEL Management with MCP Servers at Red HatHands-on lab at Red Hat Summit 2026 — managing RHEL fleets with Model Context Protocol servers for Lightspeed and Satellite, presented by Nathan Kinder.
11 May 2026 · Red Hat Summit 2026 · Atlanta
Red Hat Summit 2026 in Atlanta: Open Source Meets AI atMy experience at Red Hat Summit 2026 in Atlanta — from platinum sponsors to late-night labs, product spotlights, and Turkish Airlines scaling 60+ AI.
31 Jan 2026 · FOSDEM 2026 · Brussels
People of FOSDEM 2026: Hallway InterviewsShort hallway interviews from FOSDEM 2026 in Brussels: EU funding, the CRA, Weblate, Percona, PostgreSQL, FreeIPA, Foreman, Ansible and RISC-V hardware.
2025
3 Feb 2025 · Config Management Camp 2025 · Ghent
Configuration Management Day 2025: Automation, DevOps & IaCFrom Chef to Ansible, hear automation leaders at Configuration Management Camp 2025. Expert interviews on Infrastructure as Code and open source.
3 Feb 2025 · Config Management Camp 2025 · Ghent
CfgMgmtCamp 2025 in Ghent: The Talks I SawMy notes from the CfgMgmtCamp 2025 talks in Ghent: an AI model leaderboard, Chef history, Salt internals, SOPS for Ansible secrets, ARA and tox-ansible.
2024
21 Nov 2024 · Ansible London Meetup · London
Ansible London, November 2024: Lockdown, goss and HetznerNotes from the November 2024 Ansible London meetup: Ansible-Lockdown and goss for compliance, Hetzner Cloud IaC, and a Dell RAG talk.
16 Oct 2024 · Red Hat Summit: Connect 2024 · Utrecht
Red Hat Summit Connect Utrecht 2024: AI, Ansible, OpenShiftMy notes from Red Hat Summit: Connect 2024 in the Netherlands: the ChRIS keynote, OpenShift Virtualization, an Ansible journey and supply chain security.
23 Sept 2024 · Ansible London Meetup · London
Ansible London Meetup 2024: GraphRAG and Neo4jLuca Berton demos GraphRAG deployment with Ansible + OpenAI at Ansible London Meetup 2024 — a night full of innovation, automation, and community.
2023
20 Sept 2023 · Ansible Community Day Berlin 2023 · Berlin
Ansible Community Day Berlin 2023Join Luca Berton as he captures the best moments from Ansible Community Day Berlin 2023 — featuring interviews with Red Hat experts and open source leaders.
13 Jul 2023 · Ansible Automates London 2023 · London
Ansible Automates London 2023: Lightspeed and EDAMy notes from Ansible Automates London 2023 at CodeNode: the ROI keynote, a live Lightspeed demo, Event-Driven Ansible rulebooks, Builder 3.0 and mesh.
16 Jun 2023 · DevConf.cz 2023 · Brno
DevConf.cz 2023 — DevOps, Automation & Ansible HighlightsExplore Luca Berton’s interviews and key moments from DevConf.cz 2023 in Brno — from open source leadership to the future of Ansible and automation.