Chapter 14 – Automating Server Configuration with Ansible

  1. Chef, Puppet, Salt Stack
  2. It's fast, light on resources, and doesn't require an agent on its targets
  3. Inventory
  4. OpenSSH
  5. Playbook, plays
  6. Apt, copy, service
  7. Acceptable answers include (but are not limited to) file, user, group, or any other valid Ansible module
  8. The inventory method is useful in a static environment, and the pull method is best for dynamic environments

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