Ansible

Ansible is an open-source tool for automating IT processes such as configuration management, software deployment and orchestration. Administrators define the desired state of servers, network devices or applications in so-called playbooks, written in the human-readable YAML format. Ansible operates agentlessly, communicating with target systems via standard protocols such as SSH, so no additional software needs to be installed on the managed devices. This allows large server environments to be managed centrally and consistently, recurring tasks to be automated and manual configuration errors to be reduced. Ansible is used, among other things, for provisioning cloud resources, patch management and automating network infrastructures. Due to its simple syntax and agentless architecture, Ansible is one of the most widely used automation solutions in enterprise IT environments.