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400-007 · Question #5

Which technology is an open-source infrastructure automation tool that automates repetitive tasks for users who work in networks such as cloud provisioning and intraservice orchestration?

The correct answer is A. Ansible. Ansible is the open-source infrastructure automation platform that uses agentless, YAML-based playbooks to automate repetitive tasks such as cloud provisioning and intraservice orchestration.

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Question

Which technology is an open-source infrastructure automation tool that automates repetitive tasks for users who work in networks such as cloud provisioning and intraservice orchestration?

Options

  • AAnsible
  • BContrail
  • CJava
  • DJinja2

How the community answered

(15 responses)
  • A
    87% (13)
  • B
    7% (1)
  • C
    7% (1)

Why each option

Ansible is the open-source infrastructure automation platform that uses agentless, YAML-based playbooks to automate repetitive tasks such as cloud provisioning and intraservice orchestration.

AAnsibleCorrect

Ansible is an open-source tool maintained by Red Hat that automates repetitive IT tasks - including cloud provisioning, configuration management, and service orchestration - using agentless SSH connections and declarative YAML playbooks, matching every element of the question description.

BContrail

Contrail (Juniper Networks) is an SDN and NFV platform focused on network virtualization and policy enforcement, not a general-purpose infrastructure automation tool for repetitive tasks.

CJava

Java is an object-oriented programming language used to build applications; it is not an infrastructure automation tool.

DJinja2

Jinja2 is a Python templating engine used to render dynamic text content; it is a component used inside Ansible playbooks but is not itself an automation platform.

Concept tested: Ansible as open-source infrastructure automation tool

Source: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/index.html

Topics

#Ansible#infrastructure automation#orchestration#network automation

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