A Technical I.T./DevOps Blog
While as of right now, there is not a great way to install Ansible on Windows servers (because you have to install cygwin). Ansible running on Linux can readily configure Windows servers and push files down to them. There are some things to look out for when setting this up. It is not overly documented on Ansible’s website. Some documentation (on various websites) tells DevOps engineers (or the professional using Ansible) to use a windows.yml file in a group_vars directory.
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There are many different configuration management tools. These programs promote the management of servers either through the release of code or through the deployment of infrastructure patches. They can do more than that. Commonly their utilization facilitates the transfer of files as well as the modification of existing files. Four of these configuration management (CM) tools that are very popular among modern enterprises include Puppet, Chef, Ansible, and SaltStack. This post will briefly compare and contrast some aspects of the tools themselves.
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