apenella/go-ansible

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go-ansible is a Go library that wraps the Ansible CLI so Go applications can execute commands like ansible-playbook, ansible, ansible-galaxy, and ansible-inventory. It supports workflow chaining, vault secrets, flexible configuration, and extensible output handling.

Use cases

• run ansible playbooks from a go application
• execute ansible commands programmatically in golang
• chain ansible-galaxy installs and playbook runs in a workflow
• manage ansible vault secrets from go code
• capture ansible output as json in a go service
• build a custom automation tool on top of ansible

When to choose

• you are building a Go application that needs to drive Ansible automation
• you need to orchestrate multiple Ansible commands sequentially from Go
• you want structured (JSON) handling of Ansible command output
• you need programmatic control over Ansible environment variables and vault passwords

When to avoid

• you just need to run Ansible from shell scripts or CI pipelines
• you want to reimplement Ansible's logic natively in Go rather than wrapping the CLI
• your project is not in Go and you can invoke Ansible directly
• you need an Ansible replacement rather than a wrapper

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workflow-automation developer-tools configuration-management deployment developer-tools infrastructure-as-code go windows cli ansible ansible-playbook wrapper provisioning infrastructure-automation vault executor automation devops linux macos

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