Ansible
Container
Official Website →Ansible is an open-source automation platform that provides simple, powerful automation for configuration management, application deployment, and orchestration.
Key Features
- Agentless Architecture - No software required on managed nodes
- YAML-Based Playbooks - Human-readable automation definitions
- Idempotent Operations - Safe to run multiple times
- Extensive Module Library - Support for virtually any system
- Ansible Galaxy - Community-contributed roles and collections
Security Automation Use Cases
- Security baseline configuration
- Compliance enforcement and remediation
- Patch management automation
- Certificate and secret rotation
- Firewall and network configuration
- User access management
Integration
Ansible integrates with container platforms like Kubernetes and Docker, cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), and security tools to enable comprehensive infrastructure as code (IaC) workflows.