Ansible – IT Automation Platform

Ansible is an agentless automation platform that simplifies configuration management, application deployment, and task automation. Using simple YAML syntax, Ansible enables infrastructure as code without complex setup.

Key Features

• Agentless: Uses SSH, no agents to install
• Idempotent: Safe to run multiple times
• YAML Playbooks: Human-readable automation
• Ansible Galaxy: Community roles repository
• Vault: Built-in secrets management

Installation

Install Ansible on Ubuntu:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ansible
# Or via pip
pip install ansible

Usage Examples

Create a playbook for web server setup:

---
- name: Configure web servers
  hosts: webservers
  become: yes
  tasks:
    - name: Install nginx
      apt:
        name: nginx
        state: present
        
    - name: Start nginx
      service:
        name: nginx
        state: started
        enabled: yes

Benefits

Ansible reduces automation complexity with its agentless architecture and readable syntax. Teams can adopt it quickly while scaling to manage thousands of nodes efficiently.

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