Ansible Automation Platform AlternativesServer Management Tools and other similar apps like Ansible Automation Platform

Apps similar to Ansible Automation Platform include Ansible, which is open source with a free version. Other options are Salt, Foreman, Chef and RunDeck. You can choose from more than 10 Server Management Tools like Ansible Automation Platform for Linux, Windows, Mac, self-hosting and the web.

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  1. Ansible icon
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    Ansible is a radically simple IT automation engine that automates cloud provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, intra-service orchestration, and many other IT needs.

    54 Ansible alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
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  2. Salt icon
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    Salt is a powerful remote execution manager that can be used to administer and provision servers in a fast and efficient way.

    37 Salt alternatives

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  3. Foreman icon
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    Foreman is an open source project that helps system administrators manage servers throughout their lifecycle, from provisioning and configuration to orchestration and monitoring. Using Puppet or Chef and Foreman's smart proxy architecture, you can easily automate repetitive...

    28 Foreman alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Chef icon
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    Chef is an open source systems integration framework built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure. You write source code to describe how you want each part of your infrastructure to be built, then apply those descriptions to your servers.

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
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  5. RunDeck icon
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    RunDeck is an open source automation service with a web console, command line tools and a WebAPI. It lets you easily run automation tasks across a set of nodes.

    32 RunDeck alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  6. Ansible Semaphore is beautiful web interface for running Ansible playbooks. If your project has grown and deploying from the terminal is no longer for you then Ansible Semaphore is what you need.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7. Cobbler icon
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    Cobbler is a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments. It glues together and automates many associated Linux tasks so you do not have to hop between lots of various commands and applications when rolling out new systems, and, in...

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    • Linux
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  8. Commando.io icon
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    A simpler way to manage servers online. Commando.io empowers users to be more efficient, improve their workflow, and eliminate anxiety over server provisioning, maintenance, and deployment. DropBox simplified online storage, GitHub simplified revision control, Commando.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Linux
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  9. Polemarch icon
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    Polemarch is service for orchestration infrastructure by ansible. Simply web gui for orchestration infrastructure by ansible playbooks.

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Relinx icon
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    Relinx is a flexible tool that can be used as an Asset Management, Inventory Management, Configuration Management Database. Define the model on the fly and validate your data against it. Changes to the model don't affect your data. Import your existing data in CSV format.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  11. AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. It is one of the upstream projects for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Crossbill Seeder is a self-hosted web-based provisioning platform for on-demand cloud scaling and application updates delivery. Can be used to automatically provision VMs in AWS, GCE and DigitalOcean clouds.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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