Ansible

How Ansible is different from other automation tools? (e.g. Chef, Puppet, etc.)

Difficulty: unrated

Source: bregman-arie/devops-exercises by Arie Bregman

Answer

Ansible is:

  • Agentless
  • Minimal run requirements (Python & SSH) and simple to use
  • Default mode is "push" (it supports also pull)
  • Focus on simpleness and ease-of-use