Ansible is an automation tool or platform and is available as open source software to configure devices such as routers, switches, and various types of servers. Ansible's primary purpose is to configure three main types of tasks:
- Configuration management: This is used to fetch and push configurations on various devices that we call as inventory in Ansible. Based upon the type of inventory, Ansible is capable of pushing specific or full configurations in bulk.
- Application deployment: In server scenarios, we often need to bulk deploy some specific applications or patches. Ansible takes care of them as well as bulk uploading patches or applications on the server, installing them, and even configuring the applications of a particular task. Ansible can also take care of customizing settings based upon the devices in the inventory.
- Task automation...