# Ansible

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/ansible/  
**Website:** https://www.ansible.com  
**APIs profiled:** 16

Ansible is an open-source IT automation platform developed by Red Hat that provides agentless configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, and orchestration. Using YAML-based playbooks and an SSH-native architecture, Ansible automates infrastructure at scale without requiring agents or custom security infrastructure on managed nodes.

## Kin Score — 48.3 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 48.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 55.2 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 59.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

## Agent readiness — 35.2 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (16)

- **Ansible Automation Platform API** — RESTful API for Ansible Automation Platform (formerly Ansible Tower) that provides programmatic access to job templates, inventories, credentials, workflow templates, schedules,...
- **AWX API** — AWX is the open-source upstream project for Ansible Automation Platform, providing a web-based UI, REST API, and task engine for Ansible under the Apache 2.0 license. The AWX AP...
- **Ansible Galaxy API** — REST API for Ansible Galaxy — the community hub for sharing and downloading Ansible roles and collections. The v1 API covers roles and the v3 API covers collections with namespa...
- **Ansible Automation Hub API** — The Red Hat Ansible Automation Hub API provides access to certified Ansible collections and roles curated by Red Hat and partners. Available through console.redhat.com, it serve...
- **Ansible Auth API** — OAuth2 token management.
- **Ansible Credentials API** — The Credentials API from Ansible — 1 operation(s) for credentials.
- **Ansible Hosts API** — The Hosts API from Ansible — 1 operation(s) for hosts.
- **Ansible Inventories API** — The Inventories API from Ansible — 2 operation(s) for inventories.
- **Ansible Job Templates API** — The Job Templates API from Ansible — 3 operation(s) for job templates.
- **Ansible Jobs API** — The Jobs API from Ansible — 4 operation(s) for jobs.
- **Ansible Organizations API** — The Organizations API from Ansible — 2 operation(s) for organizations.
- **Ansible Projects API** — The Projects API from Ansible — 3 operation(s) for projects.
- **Ansible Schedules API** — The Schedules API from Ansible — 1 operation(s) for schedules.
- **Ansible Users API** — The Users API from Ansible — 1 operation(s) for users.
- **Ansible Workflow Job Templates API** — The Workflow Job Templates API from Ansible — 2 operation(s) for workflow job templates.
- **Ansible Workflow Jobs API** — The Workflow Jobs API from Ansible — 1 operation(s) for workflow jobs.

## MCP servers (1)

- **MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Ansible Agentic Access** — 33 operations · 15 acting

## Security (3)

- **Ansible Authentication** — http · 2 schemes
- **Ansible Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS
- **Ansible Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published

## Plans (1)

- **Ansible Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Configuration Management** — Ensure servers and services remain in a consistent desired state by applying configuration playbooks across fleets of hosts.
- **Application Deployment** — Deploy and update applications across development, staging, and production environments with zero-downtime rolling strategies.
- **Cloud Provisioning** — Provision cloud resources on AWS, Azure, GCP, and other providers using cloud-specific Ansible modules and dynamic inventory.
- **Network Automation** — Configure routers, switches, and firewalls from Cisco, Juniper, Arista, and Palo Alto using vendor-specific Ansible collections.
- **Security and Compliance** — Enforce security baselines, CIS benchmarks, and STIG compliance across infrastructure using Ansible hardening playbooks.

## Tags

Ansible, Automation, Configuration Management, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, Open-Source, Orchestration, Red Hat

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/ansible/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.