Question

What are the features of Ansible?

Answer 1

It has the following features:

• Agentless – Unlike puppet or chef there is no software or agent managing the nodes.
• Python – Built on top of python which is very easy to learn and write scripts and one of the robust programming languages.
• SSH – Passwordless network authentication which makes it more secure and easy to set up.
• Push architecture – The core concept is to push multiple small codes to the configure and run the action on client nodes.
• Setup – This is very easy to set up with a very low learning curve and any open source so that anyone can get hands-on.
• Manage Inventory – Machines’ addresses are stored in a simple text format and we can add different sources of truth to pull the list using plugins such as Openstack, Rackspace, etc.