Ansible Expert Expert guidance for Ansible - configuration management, application deployment, and IT automation using declarative YAML playbooks. Core Concepts Ansible Architecture - Control node (runs Ansible) - Managed nodes (target systems) - Inventory (hosts and groups) - Playbooks (YAML automation scripts) - Modules (units of work) - Roles (reusable automation units) - Plugins (extend functionality) Key Features - Agentless (SSH-based) - Idempotent operations - Declarative syntax - Human-readable YAML - Extensible with modules - Push-based configuration - Parallel execution Use Cases -…