# Ansible Introduction

### Benefits / Features of Ansible

- Lower learning curve
- works on SSH (no need to open a special port)
- Agentless (Push based)
- Written in Python
- Playbooks are written in YAML

### Ansible Architecture

### Ansible Terminologies

Ansible 
    Roles
    --> Playbooks
        --> Plays
            --> Tasks
                --> Modules
        
Additional Concepts
    Vault
    Towers
    Dynamic Inventory

### Ansible CLI commands

ansible --> Ad Hoc command
ansible-playbook --> Command to run Playbooks
ansible-doc --> to check the documentation (similar to man pages)
ansible-inventory --> to check inventory
ansible-galaxy --> to work with ansible roles
ansible-vault --> Work with Ansible Vault