---
title: Ansible
kind: note
description: automation platform
words: 75
readingMinutes: 1
created: '2024-07-29T20:23:30+02:00'
updated: '2024-08-01T20:05:12+02:00'
website: https://www.ansible.com/
---
## Link

<https://www.ansible.com/>

- > <span class="dead-link">Red Hat</span>® Ansible® Automation Platform is a foundation for building and operating automation across an organization. The platform includes all the tools needed to implement enterprise-wide automation.
## Resources
- [Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/)
- [ansible-pull](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-pull.html) - initiates Ansible playbooks via cron on the client, instead of a control machine - e.g. for sporadically connected systems or unreachable machines
- [List of Ansible OS Family & OS Distribution Facts](https://techviewleo.com/list-of-ansible-os-family-distributions-facts/)
## Configuring my desktops
1. Install prerequisites:
	```shell
	curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cconrad/ansible-pull/main/bootstrap.sh | sudo sh
	```
1. Setup software and configuration:
	```shell
	ansible-pull -U https://github.com/cconrad/ansible-pull.git
	```