Architecture

Ansible uses a agentless push model architecture.

        flowchart LR
    c[Control Node] --> m1[Managed Node #1]
    c[Control Node] --> m2[Managed Node #2]
    c[Control Node] --> m3[Managed Node #3]
    

Diagram of Ansible architecture.

Control node

The control node is the machine that runs Ansible. The requirements are

• Python

• Ansible

• SSH client

Managed node

The managed node is the machine that is managed by Ansible. The requirements are

• Python

• SSH server