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，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 

3.其他

详情参见：Red Hat Debuts Ansible 2.1, with Network Automation, Containers, Microsoft Windows, and Azure