Ansible is written in Python and uses YAML for the playbook language, both of which are considered relatively easy to learn. Remember the Cisco IOS syntax? This is a domain-specific language that is only applicable when you are managing Cisco IOS devices or other similarly structured equipment; it is not a general purpose language beyond its limited scope. Luckily, unlike some other automation tools, there is no extra domain-specific language or DSL to learn for Ansible because YAML and Python are both widely used as general purpose languages.
As you can see from the previous example, even if you have not seen YAML before, it is easy to accurately guess what the playbook is trying to do. Ansible also uses Jinja2 as a ...
