Ansible

Name Ansible

It’s a science-fiction reference

An ansible is a fictional communication device that can transfer information faster than the speed of light. 

Ursula K. Le Guin invented the concept in her book Rocannon’s World, and other sci-fi authors have since borrowed the idea from Le Guin.

Michael DeHaan took the name Ansible from the book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. In that book, the ansible was used to control many remote ships at once, over vast distances. Think of it as a metaphor for controlling remote servers.

Michael DeHaan :- Creator of Ansible software

Ansible started as a simple side project in February of 2012

Configuration Management

we are typically about writing some kind of state description for our servers, and then using a tool to enforce that the servers are, indeed, in that state: the right packages are installed, configuration files contain the expected values and have the expected permissions, the right services are running, and so on.

Deployment

They are usually referring to the process of taking software that was written in-house, generating binaries or static assets (if necessary), copying the required files to the server(s), and then starting up the services.

Ansible is a great tool for deployment as well as configuration management.