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Ansible
Ansible is a configuration manager.
It lets you manage anything from dotfiles to system packages.
NixOS does the same thing, but NixOS not only sets up the system, but a change in the config file will also reflect in the state of the system, unlike Ansible which only does the initial setup.
Ansible has YAML playbooks, and a .cfg config file.
- Control Node: A system where ansible is installed
- Inventory: Configurations for a system
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Managed Node: A system which is controlled by Ansible
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Inventories (INI/YAML) - specifies the hosts
- Playbooks (YAML) - specifies the jobs (plays) and tasks.
- Modules
- Plugins
- Collections (Contains playbooks, modules, plugins and roles. Can be installed from Ansible Galaxy)
Also Nix only works on Linux/macOS, not on Windows.