Ansible - IT automation engine for configuration management and cloud provisiong

摘要

Automatic provisioning of infrastructure as well as deployment is a cornerstone ofDevOps. It brings the benefits of version control, reproducibility, and a central placeto consolidate (executable) knowledge about infrastructure setups. Best knownprovisioning systems are Chef and Puppet. A newcomer to this game is Ansible withgoal are foremost those of simplicity and maximum ease of use and with strongfocus on security and reliability, featuring a minimum of moving parts.