Ansible Control Node Server on Ubuntu 24.04 with Support

This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for support & maintenance. Ansible Server image maintained by Cloud Infrastructure Services.

Ansible is an agentless automation tool that you install on a control node. From the control node, Ansible manages machines and other devices remotely (by default, over the SSH protocol). Unlike Puppet or Chef, you don't have to set up a client-server environment before using Ansible. You can manage multiple hosts from a central location.

Ansible is a radically simple IT automation system. It handles configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. Ansible makes complex changes like zero-downtime rolling updates with load balancers easy. Manage servers on AWS, other cloud platforms and on premises.

• Configuration Management: Easily manage all of your servers. Change the configuration of an application, OS, or device; start and stop services; install or update applications; implement a security policy; or perform a wide variety of other configuration tasks
• Application Deployment: Make DevOps easier by automating the deployment of internally developed applications to your production systems
• Orchestration: Ansible uses automated workflows, provisioning, and more to make orchestrating tasks easy
• Security and Compliance: Site-wide security policies (such as firewall rules or locking down users) can be implemented along with other automated processes
• Cloud Provisioning: You can provision cloud platforms, virtualized hosts, network devices, and bare-metal servers
• Modules: Modules are like small programs that Ansible pushes out from a control machine to all the nodes or remote hosts
• Plugins: Ansible comes with a number of its plugins, but you can write your own as well
• Inventories: All the machines you're using with Ansible (the control machine plus nodes) are listed in a single simple file, along with their IP addresses, databases, servers, and so on
• Playbooks: A playbook is like a recipe or a set of instructions which tells Ansible what work it has to do when it connects to new machines
• APIs: Various APIs (application programming interfaces) are available so you can extend Ansible's connection types
• Agentless Architecture: No need to install agents on managed nodes, reducing overhead and complexity
• YAML Syntax: Human-readable automation language for easy playbook creation and maintenance

• Instant Deployment: Launch and start automating infrastructure immediately - no installation required
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: Latest long-term support with enhanced security and performance
• AWS Optimized: Pre-tuned for optimal performance on AWS EC2 instances
• Security Hardened: Following AWS security best practices and Ansible security guidelines
• Production Ready: Pre-configured with best practices for scalable automation operations

• Infrastructure as Code: Define and manage AWS infrastructure using Ansible playbooks
• Configuration Management: Standardize and automate server configurations across AWS environments
• Application Deployment: Automate application deployments to AWS EC2 instances and containers
• Security Automation: Implement and maintain security policies across AWS infrastructure
• DevOps Automation: Streamline CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and deployment
• Disaster Recovery: Automate disaster recovery procedures and infrastructure rebuilding

Our professionally configured Ansible image eliminates setup time and provides a production-ready automation environment on AWS. You get enterprise-grade infrastructure automation capabilities with AWS optimization.

Disclaimer: This Ansible server image is maintained by Cloud Infrastructure Services and is not sponsored by or affiliated with Red Hat, Inc. Ansible® is a registered trademark owned by RED HAT, INC. in the United States and other countries and is licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0. No warranty of any kind, express or implied, is included with this software.