Ansible
by Red Hat (IBM)
Agentless automation for configuring and deploying to servers over SSH
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Ansible is an open-source automation tool that configures systems, deploys software, and orchestrates tasks using YAML playbooks. It connects over SSH (or WinRM) without installing agents on managed hosts, and its collections cover cloud, network, and container platforms.
Key features
- Agentless execution over SSH
- YAML playbooks and roles
- Idempotent modules
- Ansible Galaxy collections
- Inventory of hosts and groups
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