Ansible
A suite of tools enabling infrastructure as code, including software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment
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| + | Infrastructure as Code | Enables users to define and manage infrastructure using code, ensuring consistency and repeatability |
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| + | Agentless Architecture | Operates without the need for agents on managed nodes, simplifying deployment and management |
| + | Idempotency | Ensures that tasks produce the same result regardless of how many times they are executed, preventing unintended changes |
| + | Playbooks | Uses YAML-based playbooks to define automation tasks, making it easy to write and understand |
| + | Modules | Provides a wide range of modules for various tasks, allowing users to automate different aspects of their infrastructure |
| + | Roles | Organizes playbooks and other content into reusable components, promoting modularity and reusability |
| + | Ansible Galaxy | Offers a repository for sharing and downloading roles, facilitating collaboration and reuse |
| + | Ad-Hoc Commands | Executes tasks on remote nodes without writing playbooks, useful for quick and simple tasks |
| + | Continuous Delivery | Integrates with CI/CD pipelines, enabling automated testing and deployment of code changes |
| + | Plugins | Extends it’s functionality with custom plugins, allowing users to tailor automation to their specific needs |
| - | Stateless | Does not keep track of dependencies, which can make managing complex environments more challenging |
| - | Poor Windows Support | Support for Windows is still a work in progress and not as robust as its support for Unix/Linux systems |
| - | Limited Error Handling | Error handling capabilities are not as comprehensive as some other automation tools |
| - | No Built-in Version Control | Does not have built-in version control, which means users need to rely on external tools |
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Alternatives
Notes
- Other Ansible products:
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: A unified solution for strategic automation, combining security, features, integrations, and flexibility to scale automation across domains and optimize IT operations. See how Ansible and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform are related here.
- Ansible Galaxy: An online marketplace for open source Ansible Content Collections, and a platform providing pre-packaged units of work known as roles and collections, which can be referenced in playbooks for automation tasks.
- Automation controller replaces Ansible Tower, which is now retired, read more