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Ansible

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More info
Creator
Michael DeHaan
Released
Owner
Red Hat (IBM)
Type
Config management
License
GPL-3.0
Website
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.

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