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Ansible Basics

Learn Ansible automation fundamentals including playbooks, roles, inventory, modules, variables, and configuration management best practices.

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Ansible Basics

Learn Ansible automation fundamentals including playbooks, roles, inventory, modules, variables, and configuration management best practices.

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What is Ansible?

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Ansible is an agentless automation tool for configuration management, application deployment, and orchestration. Uses SSH for Linux/Unix and WinRM for Windows. Written in Python, uses YAML for playbooks. No agents needed on managed nodes.

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