For a free product, Ansible community delivers enterprise returns
February 12, 2021

For a free product, Ansible community delivers enterprise returns

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

We’re using Ansible for deployments and compliance within the Systems group, primarily on the Linux platform.

Pros

  • Playbooks are easy to write
  • Huge community means someone has probably written a play you need
  • Idempotent method makes testing low stress
  • Lack of agents is magnificent

Cons

  • YAML syntax can be a pain
  • Lack of built-in scheduling in community edition
  • Windows interaction requires some scheming
  • It has sped up Linux patching dramatically.
  • Deploying ‘template’ systems (think dev web servers) is a breeze.
  • We can now have a more vanilla VMware template and apply all baseline measures via a play.
My experience with Puppet and Chef is limited, but as a total non-programmer Ansible was just worlds easier for me to implement.

Do you think Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform again?

Yes

Ansible is a given in nearly any environment. It can automate almost any infrastructure device you can think of.

It might not be worth the work for Windows only or environments with less than 50 hosts.

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