This how-to shows how to use free Ansible software to automate configuration of Cisco routers and links to other Ansible modules that apply to other vendors' gear and support other functionality ...

If you use Ansible Tower, you can cluster your servers for capacity and redundancy, and deploy remote execution nodes for additional local capacity and for access across network zones.

“I think about two values they added,” he said. “One is just the art of the possible, new to Ansible as an application deployment platform, new to the concept of distributed collaboration.