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    Computer Hardware

Amazing automation tool

  • February 29, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
it is agent less make it easy to use it, NON-IT person can use Ansible’s playbooks,it useful for IT orchestrating and deployment
What do you dislike about the product?
We can't do execute tasks parallel and custom module is hard to debug.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am automation developer, i uses to deploy infra on cloud platform, testcases testing automation
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Yes, Use Ansible for repetitive tasks


    Sradhanand P.

A Cloud provisioning solution

  • February 29, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
1. Easy to setup and deploy stack for cloud servers
2. Its Agent-less architecture handles it using ssh or paramiko modules as it is written in python
3. Security aspects it is highly preferred as it uses ssh for communication
What do you dislike about the product?
The only thing i dislike is Its comparatively slow than other cloud provisioning tools eg. Salt as it uses ssh for communication between nodes..
While salt uses ZeroMQ. which is fast
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Cloud provisioning
2. application deployment
3. software updates and upgrades on cloud servers.


    Avni T.

Best deployment tool and configuration.

  • February 28, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
we can configure several machines from the single Ansible. Server in-built modules are provided and is very easy to use.I would recommend to go through the official Ansible docs for beginners also try using the best practices from starting.should have basic knowledge of python prior using ansible.Always search for existing modules.Read all error messages carefully before moving further.
What do you dislike about the product?
Error messages should give detailed information about the error.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automating test cases, single playbook can be used for multiple machines.
Using ansible makes things easy.
can deploy same thing on several machines.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
we can configure several machines from the single Ansible. Server in-built modules are provided and is very easy to use.Always search for existing modules.Read all error messages carefully before moving further.I would recommend to go through the official Ansible docs for beginners also try using the best practices from starting.should have basic knowledge of python prior using ansible.Automating test cases, single playbook can be used for multiple machines.
Using ansible makes things easy.
can deploy same thing on several machines.


    Abhishek Y.

Best automation, configuration, deployment tool.

  • February 28, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
We can manage, configure several machine from the single ansible controller without using any client. Several in-built modules already available and is very simple to use.

For beginners I would recommend to go through the official Ansible docs thoroughly.
Try using the best practices from starting on wards
Should have basic knowledge of python and yaml prior using ansible.
Always search for the existing modules available.
Read the error msg carefully while debugging the failure of ansible playbook execution.
What do you dislike about the product?
The error response is not much informative, should have more detailed information in case of error.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Configuring multiple server/machines through single playbook.
Automating the test cases.

Using ansible to run the test cases is simple and can be scheduled.
using roles to reduce redundancy

For beginners I would recommend to go through the official Ansible docs thoroughly.
Try using the best practices from starting on wards
Should have basic knowledge of python and yaml prior using ansible.
Always search for the existing modules available.
Read the error msg carefully while debugging the failure of ansible playbook execution.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
We can manage, configure several machine from the single ansible controller without using any client. Several in-built modules already available and is very simple to use.
For beginners I would recommend to go through the official Ansible docs thoroughly.
Try using the best practices from starting on wards
Should have basic knowledge of python and yaml prior using ansible.
Always search for the existing modules available.

Configuring multiple server/machines through single playbook.
Automating the test cases.

Using ansible to run the test cases is simple and can be scheduled.
using roles to reduce redundancy

Read the error msg carefully while debugging the failure of ansible playbook execution.


    Amar V.

Ansible is a good tool for automation.

  • February 28, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The best thing about the Ansible is that it is easy to learn. It can be used to automate deployment.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some times it is very difficult to find out the reason for any errors.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are using it to deploy UI application using NGINX server on kubernetes cluster.


    Jelson C.

A great and powerful tool for automation

  • February 28, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
I have been using it for automating the deployment procedures for various projects that I have been a part of.
What do you dislike about the product?
If at all the deployment procedure is long and the execution fails at a particular point, it is painful to run the entire automation script from the start.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have been using it to build and deploy projects that I had been a part of. It reduces time drastically in terms of the actually manual execution of the commands used to build and deploy.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is easy to understand and can be learnt really fast. Saves time in automating deployments and creating builds.


    Computer Networking

Ansible is good configruration tools for multiple system simultaneously.

  • February 26, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
use for automation for system & router configuration
What do you dislike about the product?
if any error occurs then difficult to understand using error logs
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have use for kubernetes & micro service deployment automation
Recommendations to others considering the product:
yes , i am always advise to use ansible


    Arbaaz K.

Anisble is the best automation platform that I used till now. It's fast, efficient and easy to use.

  • February 23, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The best thing about Ansible is it's short learning curve. Anyone new to it gets a good understanding of it in very short time. It's very easy to learn and it can be used in a wide range of scenarios.
What do you dislike about the product?
Till now I have not faced any problem using Ansible.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have used it to automate the process of creating kubernetes cluster. This is a tedious task, but ansible makes it easy.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
This is a good automation platform, it can be used to automate a lot of things, you can use it with ease.


    Computer & Network Security

One of the best automation profile for IT sector

  • February 10, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
One can scale automation as per requirement with control and insights. We can create organization wise automation.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing dislikes seems in this product, require skillful brains.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use redhat ansible automation platform to automate products operational works.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking for any better automation platform, red hat ansible provide a best way. Just go for it without any hesitation.


    Yash S.

Powerful tool to perform configurations and installation on an endpoint.

  • February 08, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Best to install and manage all the configurations needed on a similar set of servers depending upon the host group implementations. Best known for its idempotent capabilities. Have integrated it with industry's best programming and scripting languages.
Easy to learn and implement the desired action.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not precise with debug logs to point the correct reason behind the issue.
Being a JSON format loving guy YAML format is tricky to adapt.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Configured more than 200 servers with single script.
Helped in configuring and updating the switches and gateways with a single playbook and few roles.
Spinning up and terminating N cluster nodes in few minutes had been very easy.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Best suited for the use cases where the intention is manage hundreds on devices from a single script. Saves lot of time and human effort. Can run test suites on hundreds of installation in one go.