Automate Agent installation with the Datadog Ansible collection

Ansible is a configuration management tool that automates deployment, management, and configuration of software on hosts. The Datadog collection, available in both Ansible Galaxy and Ansible Automation Hub, enhances automation workflows with features such as the Datadog Ansible role for installing and configuring the Datadog Agent across infrastructure. Ansible works by managing inventories of hosts and playbooks containing tasks to deploy and configure these hosts. Users can leverage existing open-source content or certified collections like Datadog's, which is Red Hat certified and supported by both Red Hat and Datadog. To install the Datadog Agent using the collection, users need an up-to-date version of Ansible on their control node, followed by installation of the datadog.dd collection via Automation Hub or Ansible Galaxy CLI script. After creating an inventory file specifying hosts to monitor with Datadog, a playbook is created using the imported Datadog role and run against the inventory.