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Ansible provides open-source automation that reduces complexity and runs on every platform. Using Ansible lets you automate virtually any task, including the following common use cases for Ansible:
  • Eliminate repetition and simplify workflows
  • Manage and maintain system configuration
  • Continuously deploy complex software
  • Perform zero-downtime rolling updates
Ansible uses simple, human-readable scripts called playbooks to automate your tasks. You declare the desired state of a local or remote system in your playbook, and Ansible ensures that the system remains in that state.

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Key features

As an automation technology, Ansible is designed around the following principles:
  • Agent-less architecture: Enjoy low maintenance overhead by avoiding additional software installation across the IT infrastructure.
  • Simplicity: Automation playbooks use straightforward YAML syntax, resulting in code that reads like documentation. Ansible is also decentralized and uses SSH and existing OS credentials to access remote machines.
  • Scalability and flexibility: Easily and quickly scale the systems you automate through a modular design that supports many operating systems, cloud platforms, and network devices.
  • Idempotence and predictability: When the system is in the state described by your playbook, Ansible does not change anything, even if the playbook runs multiple times.

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Benefits of CryptoHub integration through PKCS #11

Integrating with CryptoHub provides the following benefits:
  • Enhanced security: Integrating CryptoHub provides an extra layer of security by ensuring that cryptographic keys are stored in a hardware device, making it more resistant to software-based attacks.
  • Performance boost: We build our HSMs to perform cryptographic operations efficiently, thereby improving the performance of your PKI infrastructure.
  • Regulatory compliance: CryptoHub helps meet various regulatory requirements that mandate the use of hardware to store and manage cryptographic keys.
  • Key backup and recovery: CryptoHub has robust backup and recovery options to ensure business continuity.
  • Centralized management: Using CryptoHub enables centralized management of cryptographic keys, making administrative tasks easier and more streamlined.