Deploying Ansible Tower isn’t hard, but automating a server build and triggering the installation lowers the barrier of entry for trying out Tower. This article will describe the HEAT Template I’ve created to automate this process.

Anatomy of a HEAT Template

Templates are broken into several main sections. I’m going to describe each one of them so you fully understand the process. Follow along here: Ansible Tower HEAT Template

Description and Version

It is important that the Version information you specify matches the HEAT version in use. The description should describe the overall goal of the template.