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Michael DeHaan
2012-03-18 20:41:38 -04:00
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@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
<span class="localtoc"><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#">Introducing Ansible</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#architecture">Architecture</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#design-goals">Design Goals</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#features">Features</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#resources">Resources</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ different sets of nodes through <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.ht
language &#8211; you can write <a class="reference internal" href="modules.html"><em>Ansible Modules</em></a> as scripts or programs that return
simple JSON. It&#8217;s also trivially easy to just execute useful shell
commands.</p>
<p>Why use Ansible versus something else? (Puppet, Chef, Fabric,
Capistrano, mCollective, Func, SaltStack, etc?) Ansible will have far
<p>Why use Ansible versus something else? (Puppet, Chef, Capistrano, etc?) Ansible will have far
less code, it will be (by extension) more correct, and it will be the
easiest thing to hack on and use you&#8217;ll ever see &#8211; regardless of your
favorite language of choice.</p>
@@ -190,19 +189,21 @@ will remain short &amp; simple, and the source will be blindingly obvious.</p>
<h2>Architecture<a class="headerlink" href="#architecture" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<img alt="&quot;Architecture Diagram&quot;" src="http://ansible.github.com/ansible_arch.jpg" style="width: 648px; height: 464px;" />
</div>
<div class="section" id="design-goals">
<h2>Design Goals<a class="headerlink" href="#design-goals" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<div class="section" id="features">
<h2>Features<a class="headerlink" href="#features" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Dead simple setup</li>
<li>Super fast &amp; parallel by default</li>
<li>No server or client daemons; use existing SSHd out of the box</li>
<li>No additional software required on client boxes</li>
<li>Can be easily run from a checkout, no installation required</li>
<li>Modules are idempotent</li>
<li>Modules are idempotent, but you can also easily use shell commands</li>
<li>Modules can be written in ANY language</li>
<li>Awesome API for creating very powerful distributed scripts</li>
<li>Does not have to run remote steps as root</li>
<li>Create the easiest config management system to use, ever.</li>
<li>Pluggable transports (SSH is just the default)</li>
<li>Source host info &amp; variables from files or external software</li>
<li>The easiest config management system to use, ever.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="resources">
@@ -341,12 +342,12 @@ you with questions about Ansible.</p>
<div class="section" id="about-the-author">
<h2>About the Author<a class="headerlink" href="#about-the-author" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Ansible was originally developed by <a class="reference external" href="http://michaeldehaan.net">Michael DeHaan</a> (<a class="reference external" href="http://twitter.com/#!/laserllama">&#64;laserllama</a>), a Raleigh, NC
based software developer and architect. He created other popular
DevOps programs such as <a class="reference external" href="http://cobbler.github.com/">Cobbler</a>, the popular Linux install server.
based software developer and architect. He created the popular
DevOps program <a class="reference external" href="http://cobbler.github.com/">Cobbler</a>.
Cobbler is used to deploy mission critical systems all over the
planet, in industries ranging from massively multiplayer gaming, core
internet infrastructure, finance, chip design, and more. Michael also
helped co-author of <a class="reference external" href="http://fedorahosted.org/func/">Func</a>, a precursor to Ansible, which is used to
helped co-author <a class="reference external" href="http://fedorahosted.org/func/">Func</a>, a precursor to Ansible, which is used to
orchestrate systems in lots of diverse places. He&#8217;s worked on systems
software for IBM, Motorola, Red Hat&#8217;s Emerging Technologies Group,
Puppet Labs, and rPath. Reach Michael by email <a class="reference external" href="mailto:michael&#46;dehaan&#37;&#52;&#48;gmail&#46;com">here</a>.</p>