Ansible is designed to be agentless. It initiates connections from a control node using standard protocols such as SSH for CLI-based devices or HTTP/HTTPS APIs for modern platforms. Because Ansible executes the required commands from the control node at run time and then disconnects, it leaves no resident software or daemons behind on the managed device. This contrasts with tools that rely on an always-running agent package or service on each target.
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