As configuration management tools go, Ansible is one of the easiest to learn. Plays live in playbooks, which are simple to write once you master YAML formatting and Ansible structure. Editor's note: ...

This how-to shows how to use free Ansible software to automate configuration of Cisco routers and links to other Ansible modules that apply to other vendors' gear and support other functionality ...

At a time when the configuration management market was dominated by Puppet and Chef, an open source project called Ansible emerged with a simpler approach to automating IT environments. An agentless ...

Configuration management tool capabilities and the expected training investment are two major concerns of IT operations teams as they implement this form of automation. Both selection criteria are ...

Jack Wallen takes you through the process of installing the Ansible configuration management system on the latest release of Ubuntu Server. Ansible makes it much easier for busy admins to manage a ...

The proliferation of virtualization coupled with the increasing power of industry-standard servers and the availability of cloud computing has led to a significant uptick in the number of servers that ...