Ansible is an enormously popular automation framework that has been used to automate IT operations for a long time. It simplifies the management of different infrastructure nodes and translates the business logic into well-defined procedures in order to implement this business logic. Ansible is written in Python and it mainly relies on SSH to communicate with infrastructure nodes to execute instructions on them. It started support for networking devices beginning with Ansible 1.9, and with Ansible 2.9, its current support for network devices has grown extensively. It can interact with network devices using either SSH or via API if the network vendors support APIs on their equipment. It also provides multiple advantages, including the following:
- An easy learning curve: Writing Ansible playbooks requires knowledge of YAML and Jinja2 templates, which are...
