Ansible

It handles configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. Ansible makes complex changes like zero-downtime rolling updates with load balancers easy. More information on the Ansible website.

Design Principles

• Have an extremely simple setup process with a minimal learning curve.
• Manage machines quickly and in parallel.
• Avoid custom-agents and additional open ports, be agentless by leveraging the existing SSH daemon.
• Describe infrastructure in a language that is both machine and human friendly.
• Focus on security and easy auditability/review/rewriting of content.
• Manage new remote machines instantly, without bootstrapping any software.
• Allow module development in any dynamic language, not just Python.
• Be usable as non-root.

Installation Instructions

Linux

Depends on: pipx

{
  "command": [
    "pipx",
    "install",
    "--include-deps",
    "ansible==13.5.0"
  ],
  "debug": true
}

MacOS

Depends on: pipx

{
  "command": [
    "pipx",
    "install",
    "--include-deps",
    "ansible==13.5.0"
  ],
  "debug": true
}

Binaries