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Included in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) subscription, System Roles allow you to select from a library of common services and configuration tasks to execute through the power of automation. Easily manage system configuration across multiple versions of RHEL, as well as adopt new major releases. Utilize Systems Roles as they are, or customize them to meet unique requirements. 

  • Provide consistent and repeatable configuration.
  • Reduce technical burdens and streamline administration.
  • Execute tasks consistently across hybrid cloud footprints.
  • Scale with Red Hat Smart Management and Automation.
Get hands-on with System Roles where you can learn to automate system configuration in a sandbox environment.

Latest posts

Automating firewall configuration with RHEL System Roles

May 23, 2022Brian Smith
RHEL 9 and RHEL 8.6 introduce a new firewall system role for automating the management of the RHEL firewall. Learn how to use the firewall role to automate several…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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Automate RHEL web console deployments with the Cockpit and certificate RHEL System Roles

March 29, 2022Brian Smith
Learn how to use the cockpit and certificate roles to automate the deployment of the web console, with certificates issued from IdM…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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Automating storage management with RHEL System Roles

March 7, 2022Brian Smith
Learn how the storage system role can automate the configuration of logical volume manager (LVM) volume groups, logical volumes, and filesystems…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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Automating network and Microsoft SQL Server configuration using RHEL System Roles

January 26, 2022Brian Smith
RHEL 8.5 introduced a new Microsoft SQL Server system role that automates the installation, configuration, and tuning of Microsoft SQL Server on RHEL. This new…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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Automating Postfix installation and configuration with RHEL System Roles

January 12, 2022Brian Smith
Red Hat introduced the postfix RHEL System Role to provide an automated solution to install and configure Postfix.  The postfix RHEL System Role was introduced in RHEL 7.6 as…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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Automating host to host VPN tunnels with RHEL System Roles

December 6, 2021Brian Smith
Learn how to set up the vpn RHEL System Role to quickly and easily implement host-to-host VPN connections across your RHEL environment in an automated…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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Managing and automating kernel settings with RHEL System Roles

November 15, 2021Brian Smith
The RHEL kernel provides hundreds of settings that can be customized. These settings are frequently customized to increase performance on systems or when performing security…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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Automating host configuration with Red Hat Satellite and RHEL System Roles

October 20, 2021Brian Smith
Our wide variety of System Roles can automate many aspects of RHEL, saving you time and helping to configure your RHEL systems consistently. In this post, we’ll walk…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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Using RHEL System Roles to automate the implementation of RHEL Session Recording

October 5, 2021Brian Smith
It can be a challenging and time-consuming process to determine the root cause of a security incident. Because of this, Red Hat introduced the ability…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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Automating the implementation of system-wide crypto policies with RHEL System Roles

September 22, 2021Brian Smith
The crypto_policies RHEL System Role can help you quickly and easily implement system-wide crypto policies across your RHEL environment. In this post, we show you how you can…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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Advanced automation and management of Network Bound Disk Encryption with RHEL System Roles

September 14, 2021Brian Smith
This post tackles a more complex scenario of using the NBDE System Roles to implement multiple Tang servers to provide high availability and increased security, and…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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Using RHEL System Roles to automate and manage Network Bound Disk Encryption

August 11, 2021Brian Smith
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has offered the ability to encrypt disks for many years, but the network bound disk encryption (NBDE) functionality, which can…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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Automate performance metrics collection and visualization with RHEL System Roles

July 22, 2021Brian Smith
One of the main challenges that system administrators, developers, and others face when running workloads on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is how to optimize…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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A production guide to automating and managing SSH server configuration with RHEL system roles

June 30, 2021Brian Smith
The sshd Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) System Role can help you automate and manage your SSH server configuration across your RHEL environment. In this post…Read the full post on the Red Hat Blog

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Getting started with automating and managing SSH server configuration with RHEL system roles

June 21, 2021Brian Smith
RHEL 8.4 adds new roles to manage the SSH server and SSH client configurations, which are the sshd and ssh roles, respectively. This post will walk you through an…Read the rest on the Red Hat Blog

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Introduction to RHEL System Roles

June 8, 2021Brian Smith
RHEL System Roles are a collection of Ansible roles and modules that can help automate the management and configuration of RHEL Systems. RHEL System Roles…Read the full post on the RHEL Blog

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System Roles videos

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Implement consistent performance monitoring with the Metrics RHEL System Role

This video demonstrates how to use the Metrics RHEL System Role to implement Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) and Grafana to monitor performance metrics.

Implement Network Bound Disk Encryption with the NBDE client and server RHEL System Roles

This video demonstrates how to use the Network Bound Disk Encryption (NBDE) client and server RHEL System Role to implement NBDE with Clevis and Tang.

Implement session recording with RHEL System Roles

This video demonstrates how to use the tlog RHEL System Role to implement Session Recording.

Implement system-wide cryptographic policies with RHEL System Roles

This video demonstrates how to use the crypto_policy RHEL System Role to implement system-wide cryptographic policies.

Implement consistent SSH server configuration with the SSHD RHEL System Role

This video demonstrates how to use the SSHD RHEL System Role to implement consistent SSH server configuration across RHEL systems.