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• Ordered lists of tasks, saved so you can run those tasks in that order repeatedly.
• Expressed in YAML format
• It offers a multi-machine configuration & deployment system for complex applications that is
  • Repeatable
  • Re-usable &
  • Simple

• Controller machine
• Has the Ansible executable installed (+Python)

• List of nodes/hosts that will be managed by control node

• List of nodes
• Can specify information like IP address for each managed node.
• An inventory can also organise managed nodes in groups e.g. [webserver]

• The units of code Ansible executes. 

The units of action in Ansible