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Ansible is an IT automation tool that can be used to manage and configure network devices. It uses modules that are written in Python and YAML and provides a way to define your configuration in a declarative way. The playbooks are just plain text files that contain the configuration steps and can be executed with ansible‑playbook. Ansible is very popular because it doesn’t require any agent on the target device; you only need SSH or WinRM connectivity.



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1. What is the best way to get started with Ansible?



a) Install Ansible

On Linux, simply run `sudo apt-get install ansible` (or the equivalent for your distribution).

On macOS use Homebrew: `brew install ansible`.





For Windows you can run it inside a WSL or Docker container.




b) Write your first playbook



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- name: Install Apache and start service
hosts: webservers
become: true
use sudo

tasks:
- apt:
name: apache2
state: present
when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"

- service:
name: apache2
state: started
enabled: yes



c) Run the playbook



ansible-playbook -i hosts myplaybook.yml


Where `hosts` contains:




webservers
192.168.1.10 ansible_user=ubuntu


That’s the core of Ansible in a nutshell: define your inventory, write YAML tasks, run `ansible‑playbook`. The power comes from modules (file, git, yum, etc.) and the ability to use Jinja2 templating or variables across plays. Happy automating!

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