Find out why Ansible and not other automation tools here.
The automation term was first used in 1946, specifically in the automobile industry as there was an increase in the use of automatic devices and controls in mechanized production line. D.S Harder, an engineering manager at Ford Motor Company was the man behind this word and today, automation has evolved and is applied in most of the industries including electronics, F&B, medical and more.
While in the IT Industry, there are multiple tools that can help organizations to implement automation such as Ansible, Rudder, SaltStack, Puppet, Chef and more. However, out of all these tools, Red Hat Ansible has been known to be more popular among IT Professionals. Simple reason being, the tasks can be done quickly, easy to use as well as users are not required to know or remember any syntaxes. This makes it much, much more user friendly.
So, what are the other advantages of learning about ansible and choosing them over the other automation alternatives?
Automation with No Agent
Ansible does not have an agent unlike other automation tools, there is a master and a client. This means that, with any tools that you would like to utilize, it needs to be installed and configured on both the systems. However, Ansible require installation ONLY on the master server.
Easy to Pick Up
Playbooks of Ansible are written in YAML and it is one of the easiest languages to code. Instructions can be easily read, understood and picked up effortlessly. Even if you have not used Ansible for quite some time, you’ll easily remember how the tool works.
Existence of Ansible Tower
Ansible tower is a GUI platform provided by Ansible to be used by user to perform tasks. Simply just click a button and type commands on the terminal, task can be easily completed.
To learn more about how Ansible works and how to utilize the Ansible Tower to implement automation as well as protect encrypted data with Ansible Vault, check out these popular Red Hat Ansible courses today! chat with us!
