红帽亮相 Ansible 2.1 带来支持 windows 等一系列更新

世界领先的开源解决方案供应商红帽公司（NYSE：RHT）宣布发布 Ansible2.1，简单、功能强大。Ansible 成立于 2013年，在2015年被红帽收购，ansible” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>开源软件 Ansible 就是Ansible 旗下的十分流行的一个模型驱动的配置管理器。

Ansible2.1更新内容：

1.支持Microsoft Windows 和 Microsoft Azure

（1）对于Microsoft Azure更广泛的支持

Expanding Ansible’s support for hybrid cloud deployments, including the ability to take advantage of Azure’s Resource Manager functionality.

（2）新的Windows组件

Enabling the management of Windows file sharing and the Windows firewall, further increasing Windows’ automatable surface area within Ansible.

（3）NTLM轻松管理加入域机器

Enabling more secure authentication of domain users with just a username and password – reducing the need to configure and manage Kerberos on the Ansible control machine.

（4）扩展Kerberos Delegation 用于多跳情景

Enabling more secure authentication of domain users with just a username and password – reducing the need to configure and manage Kerberos on the Ansible control machine.

（5）新的win_reboot action使重新启动更简单

Helping to solve the challenge of automating software installations on Windows platforms that also require a system restart as part of a workflow.

2.对Containers的扩展支持

docker_service: Enables Ansible users to consume Docker Compose and manage and scale multi-container applications.
docker_container: Managing basic container lifecycle
docker_image: Build, push, pull, and tag images for Docker
docker_login: for managing access to Docker registries
docker_image Facts: Inspect images for metadata