<h2>Design Goals<aclass="headerlink"href="#design-goals"title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<li>Dead simple setup</li>
<li>Super fast & parallel by default</li>
<li>No server or client daemons; use existing SSHd out of the box</li>
<li>No additional software required on client boxes</li>
<li>Modules can be written in ANY language</li>
<li>Awesome API for creating very powerful distributed scripts</li>
<li>Be very usable as non-root</li>
<li>Create the easiest config management system to use, ever.</li>
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<h2>Resources<aclass="headerlink"href="#resources"title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Your ideas and contributions are welcome. We’re also happy to help
you with questions about Ansible.</p>
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<li>Join the <aclass="reference external"href="http://groups.google.com/group/ansible-project">ansible-project mailing list</a> on Google Groups</li>
<li>Join <aclass="reference external"href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#ansible">#ansible</a> on the <aclass="reference external"href="http://freenode.net/">freenode IRC network</a></li>
<li>Visit the <aclass="reference external"href="https://github.com/ansible/ansible">project page</a> on Github<ul>
<li>View the <aclass="reference external"href="https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues">issue tracker</a></li>
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<h1>Contents<aclass="headerlink"href="#contents"title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal"href="gettingstarted.html">Downloads & Getting Started</a><ul>
<liclass="toctree-l2"><aclass="reference internal"href="playbooks.html#using-includes-to-assign-classes-of-systems">Using Includes To Assign Classes of Systems</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l2"><aclass="reference internal"href="playbooks.html#asynchronous-actions-and-polling">Asynchronous Actions and Polling</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l2"><aclass="reference internal"href="playbooks.html#executing-a-playbook">Executing A Playbook</a></li>
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<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal"href="api.html">Using the Python API</a><ul>
<liclass="toctree-l2"><aclass="reference internal"href="api.html#detailed-api-example">Detailed API Example</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l3"><aclass="reference internal"href="faq.html#how-does-ansible-scale">How does Ansible scale?</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l3"><aclass="reference internal"href="faq.html#are-transports-other-than-ssh-supported">Are transports other than SSH supported?</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l3"><aclass="reference internal"href="faq.html#what-are-some-ideal-uses-for-ansible">What are some ideal uses for Ansible?</a></li>
<h2>About the Author<aclass="headerlink"href="#about-the-author"title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Ansible was originally developed by <aclass="reference external"href="http://michaeldehaan.net">Michael DeHaan</a> (<aclass="reference external"href="http://twitter.com/#!/laserllama">@laserllama</a>), a Raleigh, NC
based software developer and architect. He created other popular
DevOps programs such as <aclass="reference external"href="http://cobbler.github.com/">Cobbler</a>, the popular Linux install server.
Cobbler is used to deploy mission critical systems all over the
planet, in industries ranging from massively multiplayer gaming, core
internet infrastructure, finance, chip design, and more. Michael also
helped co-author of <aclass="reference external"href="http://fedorahosted.org/func/">Func</a>, a precursor to Ansible, which is used to
orchestrate systems in lots of diverse places. He’s worked on systems
software for IBM, Motorola, Red Hat’s Emerging Technologies Group,
Puppet Labs, and rPath. Reach Michael by email <aclass="reference external"href="mailto:michael.dehaan%40gmail.com">here</a>.</p>
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