Ansible is an simple IT automation system configuration Management, Deployment and Orchestration tool. It aims to improve the scalability, consistency, and reliability of your IT environment. It is simple to use yet powerful enough to automate complex multi-tier IT application environments. It uses the playbook to describe automation jobs, and which uses a very simple language YAML. More information on the Ansible [website](https://ansible.com/).\
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**How Ansible Works:**\
1\). Create playbook and inventory in local machine. \
2\). Create SSH to the target nodes.\
3\). Ansible Server gathers the facts of the target nodes to get the indication of the target nodes.\
4\). Playbook will sent to nodes.\
5\). Playbook will executed in the nodes.\
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**How we setup Ansible:**
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