Ansible

Ansible is an open source tool used to deploy applications to remote nodes and provision servers in a repeatable way. It gives you a common framework for pushing multi-tier applications and application artifacts using a push model setup, although you can set it up as master-client if you’d like. Ansible is built on playbooks that you can apply to an extensive variety of systems for deploying your app.

When to use it: If getting up and running quickly and easily is important to you and you don’t want to install agents on remote nodes or managed servers, consider Ansible. It’s good if your need or focus is more on the system administrator side. Ansible is focused on being streamlined and fast, so if those are key concerns for you, give it a shot.

Price: Free open source version, with paid plans for Ansible Tower starting at $5,000 per year (which gives you up to 100 nodes).

Pros:

• SSH-based, so it doesn’t require installing any agents on remote nodes.
• Easy learning curve thanks to the use of YAML.
• Playbook structure is simple and clearly structured.
• Has a variable registration feature that enables tasks to register variables for later tasks
• Much more streamlined code base than some other tools

Cons:

• Less powerful than tools based in other programming languages.
• Does its logic through its DSL, which means checking in on the documentation frequently until you learn it
• Variable registration is required for even basic functionality, which can make easier tasks more complicated
• Introspection is poor. Difficult to see the values of variables within the playbooks
• No consistency between formats of input, output, and config files
• Struggles with performance speed at times.

Quick Start Video of Ansible

What is Ansible? | Ansible Quick Start Video

Compare Between Artifactory 5.X OSS, Pro, Saas & Enterprse

	OSS	Pro	SaaS	SaaS (Dedicated Server)	Enterprise
Basic Artifact Management:
On Demand Jar Signing and Web Start Application Hosting Custom repository layout for non-Maven module management Repository Replication
Multi-push Replication
Universal support for all major package formats:
Integration with all leading CI-servers
Promotion, demotion and cleanup of build artifacts Managing build artifacts for reproducible builds
Powerful REST API for Release Automation Extend Artifactory with Groovy-based User Plugins
Basic Security
LDAP Groups
Multiple additional options for authentication
Powerful SSO integration for NTLM, Kerberos, Etc.
Search by Name, Archive, Property or Checksum Values Artifactory Query Language (AQL)
Annotate Artifacts with Searchable Properties Aggregate and Run Bulk Operations on Search Results
Advanced Storage Solutions			(Managed by JFrog)	(Managed by JFrog)
High Availability			(Managed by JFrog)	(Managed by JFrog)
Integration with Other JFrog Products JFrog Bintray and JFrog CLI JFrog Xray JFrog Mission Control	(view only)	(view only)	(view only)
Disaster Recovery
SaaS Features
Maintenance and Administration
SLA-based Support		(Pro Plus and Pro X)

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