- The document introduces Ansible, an automation tool for server provisioning, configuration, and management that allows organizing servers into groups and describing how those groups should be configured from a central location. - Key Ansible concepts are introduced including control nodes, managed nodes, inventory files, modules, tasks, and playbooks which are like todo lists that use modules to achieve tasks. - A brief demo is shown of using Ansible with a control node, two managed nodes, and a Docker Compose host for sharing files.