What is Ansible?
Ansible Collaborative is the open-source automation platform. Automate policy as code for consistency and compliance. What is Ansible? Simple, agentless IT automation that anyone can use. Interactive labs for learning. Ansible collections for kubernetes.core, community.vmware, and more. Ansible ecosystem includes Ansible Core, Event-Driven Ansible, and developer tools. Move from patchwork to platform with unified automation. Enterprise product available through Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
Key Features
- ✓Agentless automation
- ✓YAML playbooks
- ✓Inventory management
- ✓Modules library
- ✓Collections
- ✓Event-Driven Ansible
- ✓Tower/AWX
- ✓Kubernetes automation
- ✓VMware automation
- ✓Network automation
- ✓Windows support
- ✓Red Hat backed
🔒 Privacy & Data Protection
Ansible is open-source and runs on your infrastructure agentlessly over SSH. No agents to install, no data leaving your network. For DevOps teams wanting Puppet/Chef alternatives with simpler approach, Ansible delivers.
Best For
💰 Pricing
Ansible Core is free and open-source. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform available for enterprise with support.
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