Ansible vs Chef vs Puppet: What's Still Free
Ansible pushes over SSH, Chef and Puppet run agents that pull. Who owns each tool now, which builds are still free, and nginx set up in all three.
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What is Ansible and what is it used for?
Ansible configures many servers at once over SSH, with no agent to install. Learn how it works and when a plain shell script is still the better choice.
Show command output in an Ansible playbook
At default verbosity a command task shows only ok or changed. Run with -v or use register and debug to see its output, and keep secrets out of logs.