Ansible Galaxy is an open source automation platform that allows users to quickly and easily deploy and manage applications and infrastructure. This comprehensive guide will provide an overview of the platform, its features, and how to use it to automate tasks and manage your infrastructure.
The term ansible refers to a category of fictional devices capable of faster-than-light communication. Ansible devices can instantaneously transmit and receive data across vast distances, including between star systems and even galaxies. The term was coined by Ursula K. Le Guin in her 1966 novel Rocannon’s World, and appears in many of her subsequent works. Use of the term has also been used in the works of numerous other science-fiction authors. It is closely related to the terms ultraphone and ultrawave.