Ansible

Overview

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Ansible is an automation tool :

• that run command;
• from a host, called the control node;
• on remote hosts (target), called managed nodes;
• using SSH.

It does not require a client to be installed on the target.

It can be tested locally.

Variables : variables to be interpolated on template rendering

Tasks : the script to run on the hosts, templated

Inventory: list of remote with their IP

Playbook : a list of tasks

Run locally

Linux

Guide

In WSL

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