AnsiblePilot is the leading resource for learning Ansible automation, DevOps, and infrastructure as code. Browse over 1,400 tutorials covering Ansible modules, playbooks, roles, collections, and real-world examples. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced engineer, our step-by-step guides help you automate Linux, Windows, cloud, containers, and network infrastructure.
Luca Berton is an Ansible automation expert, author of 8 Ansible books published by Apress and Leanpub including "Ansible for VMware by Examples" and "Ansible for Kubernetes by Example", and creator of the Ansible Pilot YouTube channel. He shares practical automation knowledge through tutorials, books, and video courses to help IT professionals and DevOps engineers master infrastructure automation.
Compare Ansible with other automation, configuration management, and infrastructure tools. Our in-depth comparison guides cover features, architecture, use cases, pros and cons, performance benchmarks, and when to use each tool for your infrastructure automation needs.
Ansible is an agentless automation tool that uses SSH for Linux and WinRM for Windows. Compare it against agent-based tools like Puppet, Chef, and SaltStack to understand the trade-offs between push-based and pull-based configuration management approaches.
While Ansible excels at configuration management and application deployment, Terraform specializes in infrastructure provisioning. Many teams use both tools together. Our guides help you understand when to use Ansible vs Terraform and how to integrate them in your DevOps workflow.
Ansible and Kubernetes serve different but complementary purposes. Ansible automates infrastructure provisioning and configuration, while Kubernetes orchestrates containerized applications. Learn how to use Ansible to deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters.