Ansible is a powerful and flexible open-source automation tool used for managing cloud and on-premises infrastructure. Its use cases span across configuration management, CI/CD, cloud provisioning, network automation, security, disaster recovery, and complex workflow orchestration. Ansible's simplicity, agentless architecture, and modular design make it a preferred choice for IT professionals aiming to streamline operations across various domains. It enables cross-platform automation and orchestration at scale, offering excellent options for configuration management, infrastructure provisioning, and application deployment use cases.