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Security Engineer at MindPoint Group, LLC
MSP
It increases our company's efficiency, automating all the simple tasks which used to take hours of somebody's time
Pros and Cons
  • "It was easy to read and learn. It is a YAML-based syntax, which makes it easily understand and pick up."
  • "It increases our company's efficiency, automating all the simple tasks which used to take hours of somebody's time."
  • "The user interface on the Ansible Tower product could be better, but it is functional."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case is automating security compliance tasks.

It has met our expectations. Automating security compliance tasks is what drew us towards the product initially. It definitely checked the boxes for what we needed to be able to implement.

How has it helped my organization?

It increases our company's efficiency, automating all the simple tasks which used to take hours of somebody's time.

What is most valuable?

It was easy to read and learn. It is a YAML-based syntax, which makes it easily understand and pick up. 

What needs improvement?

The user interface on the Ansible Tower product could be better, but it is functional.

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For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable. Being community supported, obviously anytime there are issues, they are spelled out and resolved pretty quickly.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It should meet our needs going forward. We use it in a number of different environments which range anywhere from a handful of servers all the way up to thousands of servers. It has performed and scaled well for everything that we have done.

How are customer service and support?

We are a partner with Red Hat. On the Ansible Lockdown project, we interact with them a lot, though not necessarily the tech support. We interact frequently with the product managers and those types of people.

We also work through the community.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner.
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Senior System Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Vendor
​Agentless architecture, relying on SSH only. Speed can be improved, but it only can go as fast as SSH does.

What is most valuable?

  • Agentless architecture, relying on SSH only.
  • Great documentation.

How has it helped my organization?

Provision and configure from nothing on Amazon.

What needs improvement?

Speed but it only can go as fast as SSH does.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

6 months

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

A little slow.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Used S before.

Switched because of coworkers and even if I find SaltStack easier to learn, the documentation of Ansible made me choose it over Salt.

How was the initial setup?

Not at all, just need to have general knowledge of SSH.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Open source.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Automation Engineer at Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
Real User
Saved time as well as helped support compliance and standards

What is our primary use case?

It is used to support WAN network equipment.

How has it helped my organization?

Saved time as well as helped support compliance and standards.

What is most valuable?

The countless modules and products supported.

What needs improvement?

Error codes are not very descriptive.

For how long have I used the solution?

Less than one year.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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