
Ansible: IT Automation Without an Agent
Talk given at BarCamp Dominican Republic — November 2020 What Is Ansible? Ansible® is an open source, command-line IT automation tool written in Python. It can: Configure systems — install packages, manage services, edit config files Deploy software — push application releases across fleets of servers Orchestrate advanced workflows — rolling upgrades, multi-tier deployments, system updates What makes Ansible stand out is that it is agentless — it communicates with target nodes over standard protocols: ...