From c8fe53c4b94408f5ffab023139ee6c5929aab8ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael DeHaan Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:13:21 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md to reflect that this is a tool, not just an API. Though the API is important. --- README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 11309e3cf8e..a54d0c8170f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ Ansible ======= -Ansible is a extra-simple Python API for doing 'remote things' over SSH. +Ansible is a extra-simple tool/API for doing 'parallel remote things' over SSH -- whether +executing commands, running declarative 'modules', or executing larger 'playbooks' that +can serve as a configuration management or deployment system. While [Func](http://fedorahosted.org/func), which I co-wrote, aspired to avoid using SSH and have it's own daemon infrastructure,