Certified and Validated Content

Certified content

Red Hat Ansible Certified content collections are formally certified through Red Hat’s certification program.

Benefits

  • Enterprise Support & Quality: Backed by Red Hat and IBM with formal certification, rigorous testing, and regular security updates.

  • Guaranteed Compatibility: Tested and validated for supported z/OS versions with comprehensive maintained documentation.

  • Best Practices Built-in: Incorporates proven design patterns and automation standards.

Validated content

Ansible validated content focuses on delivering an expert-led approach for automating your platform portfolio across infrastructure, networking, cloud, security, and edge use cases.

Benefits

  • IBM-Tested & Production-Ready: Validated by IBM engineers in real-world IBM Z environments.

  • Purpose-Built Integration: Pre-built integrations for IBM Z products with operational best practices.

  • Faster Deployment: Ready-to-use playbooks, rulebooks, and comprehensive integration guides.

Key differences

Aspect

Certified Content

Validated Content

Certification

Red Hat certified

IBM validated only

Support

Enterprise (Red Hat + IBM)

Community-based

Development

Red Hat + IBM collaboration

IBM-led

Focus

General automation collections

IBM Z product integrations

Testing

Red Hat certification process

IBM internal validation

To learn more, see Ansible Automation Platform Certified and Validated Content.