[joshfinnie]

This is a really nice overview of how to get started with ansible. If you haven't tried it out, this should do nicely as a resource.

Just remember this is a quick start guide and the power of ansible is just touched on here.

[wldcordeiro]

I liked it as well. I've already been using Ansible for a while but found it be a good guide for a beginner, though I would suggest installing via pip over apt/brew/whatever.

[mpdehaan2]

Ansible creator here.

We maintain the ansible PPA, so it's always as up to date as the pip one.

If you've got any feedback on the PPA packaging, we'd definitely like to hear it!

[wldcordeiro]

Ah nice. I always worry with PPA's just because there's a tendency to be behind the release. Good to know!

[zymhan]

Why do you suggest installing it via pip?

[jimmcslim]

Probably because he suspects that it will be more up to date than the PPA; however Michael DeHaan comments that Ansible themselves maintain the PPA so it will be as up to date as the PyPI version.

The other reason might be to support multiple versions of Ansible and its dependencies simultaneously, via virtualenvs.

[wldcordeiro]

That was what I suspected, but your second point is a very good one.