Using Ansible on Windows, BSD, and z/OS UNIX
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Welcome to the Ansible guide for Microsoft Windows and BSD. Because Windows is not a POSIX-compliant operating system, Ansible interacts with Windows hosts differently than Linux/Unix hosts. Likewise, managing hosts that run BSD is different than managing other Unix-like host operating systems. Find out everything you need to know about using Ansible on Windows and with BSD hosts.
- Managing BSD hosts with Ansible
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Managing Windows hosts with Ansible
- Desired State Configuration
- Windows performance
- Windows SSH
- Using Ansible and Windows
- Windows Remote Management
- WinRM Certificate Authentication
- Kerberos Authentication
- Bootstrapping Windows
- Connecting to Windows nodes
- Which modules are available?
- Using Windows as the control node
- Windows facts
- Common Windows problems
- Managing z/OS UNIX hosts with Ansible
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