Which characteristic of Ansible simplifies initial deployment compared with configuration-management tools that rely on agents installed on managed nodes?
It deploys a background agent that listens on a dedicated port (for example, TCP 10050) for configuration commands.
It uses an agentless architecture and connects to managed nodes over standard protocols like SSH or WinRM.
It requires a lightweight Python daemon that runs persistently on every managed node.
It relies on existing SNMP agents on network devices to push configuration changes.
Ansible is agentless. Because no software agents have to be installed or maintained on the managed devices, administrators can begin automating immediately over existing protocols such as SSH (for Linux/UNIX and network devices) or WinRM (for Windows). The other options all describe agent-based approaches that increase operational overhead.
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