Ansible
More info
- Creator
- Michael DeHaan
- Released
- Owner
- Red Hat (IBM)
- Type
- Config management
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Website
- ansible.com
- Source
- github.com/ansible/ansible
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Tool for automating server configuration via YAML files that describe desired state.
You write a "playbook" saying "install nginx, drop config like this, start the service" — Ansible runs it over SSH on every target server. Agentless: no client needed on targets. Competes with Puppet, Chef, Salt.