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WHAT IS ANSIBLE ?
Ansible is an open source configuration management and
orchestration utility. It can automate and standardize the configuration of remote hosts and virtual machines.
Its orchestration functionality allows Ansible to coordinate the
launch and graceful shut-down of multi tiered applications.
Because of orchestration functionality, Ansible can perform
rolling updates of multiple systems in a way that results in zero downtime.
Feature of Ansible
Ansible is quite different from other configuration
management and automation software like puppet and ceph. Ansible is Agent-Less . Ansible concepts and architecture In this picture you can see the architecture of Ansible. There are two types of machines in the Ansible architecture: the control node and managed hosts.