From f0db5508cd53787b7e9445cc92d23c9e688776c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael DeHaan Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 14:22:43 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Some design concepts. --- docsite/latest/rst/index.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docsite/latest/rst/index.rst b/docsite/latest/rst/index.rst index aa3588a967..2caa9ef928 100644 --- a/docsite/latest/rst/index.rst +++ b/docsite/latest/rst/index.rst @@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ About Ansible Welcome to the Ansible documentation! Ansible is an IT automation tool. It can configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate more advanced IT tasks -such as continuous deployments or zero downtime rolling updates. +such as continuous deployments or zero downtime rolling updates. Ansible's goals are foremost those of simplicity and maximum ease of use. It also has a strong focus on security and reliability, featuring a minimum of moving parts, usage of Open SSH for transport (with an accelerated socket mode and pull modes as alternatives), and a language that is designed around auditability by humans -- even those not familiar with the program. +We believe simplicity is relevant to all sizes of environments and design for busy users of all types -- whether this means developers, sysadmins, release engineers, IT managers, and everywhere in between. Ansible is appropriate for managing small setups with a handful of instances as well as enterprise environments with many thousands. + Ansible manages machines in an agentless manner. There is never a question of how to upgrade remote daemons or the problem of not being able to manage systems because daemons are uninstalled. As OpenSSH is one of the most peer reviewed open source components, the security exposure of using the tool is greatly reduced. Ansible is decentralized -- it relies on your existing OS credentials to control access to remote machines; if needed it can easily connect with Kerberos, LDAP, and other centralized authentication management systems.