# What is Ansible? A brief history

DevFeed: [What is Ansible? A brief history](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-ansible-a-brief-history-30711.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.windmill.dev/blog/ansible-history>)

Author: Henri Courdent

Published: 2024-11-29T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Windmill Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/windmill-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ansible.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [configuration-management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration-management.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [DevOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devops.md>), [YAML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/yaml.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssh.md>)

Tags: [ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ansible.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [configuration-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration-management.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>), [yaml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/yaml.md>)

## AI overview

This article traces Ansible's history and explains how its agentless, SSH-based, YAML-driven approach simplified configuration management, application deployment, and IT task automation.

## Source excerpt

A brief history of Ansible, the tool that makes it easy to automate infrastructure.