Security Automation with Ansible 2

Writing an Ansible Module for Security Testing

Ansible primarily works by pushing small bits of code to the nodes it connects to. These codes/programs are what we know as Ansible modules. Typically in the case of a Linux host these are copied over SSH, executed, and then removed from the node.

As stated in the Ansible Developer Guide (the best resource for all things Ansible-related):

 "Ansible modules can be written in any language that can return JSON."

Modules can be used by the Ansible command-line, in a playbook, or by the Ansible API. There are already hundreds of modules that ship with Ansible version 2.4.x.

Have a look at the module index on the Ansible documentation site: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules_by_category.html ...