Ansible is nice, but I share the same gripes as darklajid. Plus, with Docker taking off, I question how valuable Ansible will be going forward. I see it as a "nice Chef" or "usable Puppet". Not revolutionary.
The overlap of Ansible and Docker is pretty stratospheric in adoption levels. As more fleet management services exist, to us, it looks like another VM type, and all those cloud modules will also help orchestrate it.
But now, people are using it for both image builds and placement in great number.
With regard to Docker, see http://www.ansible.com/blog/2014/02/12/installing-and-buildi...
The overlap of Ansible and Docker is pretty stratospheric in adoption levels. As more fleet management services exist, to us, it looks like another VM type, and all those cloud modules will also help orchestrate it.
But now, people are using it for both image builds and placement in great number.