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Ansible
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Ansible is a radically simple configuration-management, deployment, task-execution, and
multinode orchestration framework.
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Read the documentation and more at http://ansible.cc
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Design Principles
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   * Dead simple setup
   * Super fast & parallel by default
   * No server or client daemons; use existing SSHd
   * No additional software required on client boxes
   * Modules can be written in ANY language
   * Awesome API for creating very powerful distributed scripts
   * Be usable as non-root
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   * The easiest config management system to use, ever.
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Get Involved
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   * [ansible-project mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/ansible-project)
   * irc.freenode.net: #ansible
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Branch Info
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   * Releases are named after Van Halen songs.
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   * The devel branch corresponds to the release actively under development.
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   * Various release-X.Y branches exist for previous releases
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   * We'd love to have your contributions, read "CONTRIBUTING.md" for process notes.
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Author
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Michael DeHaan -- michael.dehaan@gmail.com
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[http://michaeldehaan.net](http://michaeldehaan.net/)
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