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Ansible

Red Hat's agentless automation tool. It configures servers over SSH using YAML playbooks.

  • Active project
  • Latest 2.22.0Nov 2026
  • Supported 4 versions
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At a glance

Type
DevOps & containers
Developer
Red Hat and the Ansible community
First release
20 Feb 2012
Release cadence
ansible-core: 2 releases per year; each supported for about 18 months
Role
Configuration management and automation
Architecture
Agentless (SSH, WinRM)
Language
YAML playbooks; written in Python
Packages
ansible-core plus the community "ansible" package of collections
Release data
ansible-core
License
GPLv3
Website
ansible.com

Newest release

Ansible 2.22

Released 2 Nov 2026 · latest update 2.22.0

Support status

2.22 Supported

Until 31 May 2028 · in 1.5 years

2.21 Supported

Until 30 Nov 2027 · in 1 year

2.20 Supported

Until 31 May 2027 · in 6 months

2.19 Supported

Until 30 Nov 2026 · in 17 days

2.18 End of life

Ended 31 May 2026 · 5 months ago

Release history

VersionReleasedLatestEnd of lifeStatus
2.222 Nov 20262.22.031 May 2028Supported
2.2131 May 20262.21.630 Nov 2027Supported
2.203 Nov 20252.20.1131 May 2027Supported
2.1921 Jul 20252.19.1530 Nov 2026Supported
2.184 Nov 20242.18.2031 May 2026End of life
2.1720 May 20242.17.1430 Nov 2025End of life
2.166 Nov 20232.16.2031 Jul 2025End of life
2.1522 May 20232.15.1330 Nov 2024End of life
2.147 Nov 20222.14.1820 May 2024End of life
2.1323 May 20222.13.136 Nov 2023End of life
2.128 Nov 20212.12.1022 May 2023End of life
2.1126 Apr 20212.11.127 Nov 2022End of life
2.1013 Aug 20202.10.1723 May 2022End of life
2.931 Oct 20192.9.2723 May 2022End of life

Release data: endoflife.date and vendor announcements, checked 13 Nov 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.

Support timeline

The 12 most recent releases, from release day to the end of support.

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2.22
2.21
2.20
2.19
2.18
2.17
2.16
2.15
2.14
2.13
2.12
2.11

History

Michael DeHaan, who earlier wrote the Cobbler provisioning tool, released Ansible in 2012 as a simpler alternative to Puppet and Chef. It needs no agent on the managed hosts: tasks are pushed over SSH and described in readable YAML playbooks. Red Hat bought the company behind it in 2015 and sells the Ansible Automation Platform.

Since 2.10 the project is split in two. ansible-core is the engine, and the community ansible package bundles hundreds of collections of modules. ansible-core ships about twice a year, and each version is supported for roughly 18 months. The table on this page tracks ansible-core.

Milestones

  1. 2012Michael DeHaan releases Ansible
  2. 2013AnsibleWorks (later Ansible, Inc.) is founded
  3. 2015Red Hat acquires Ansible
  4. 2020Ansible 2.10 splits modules out into collections
  5. 2021The engine is renamed ansible-core

Ansible guides

Frequently asked questions

What is the latest version of Ansible?

The newest Ansible release is Ansible 2.22, released on 2 Nov 2026. Its latest update is 2.22.0 (2 Nov 2026).

Which Ansible versions are still supported?

As of 13 Nov 2026, 4 versions are supported: Ansible 2.22 (until 31 May 2028); Ansible 2.21 (until 30 Nov 2027); Ansible 2.20 (until 31 May 2027); Ansible 2.19 (until 30 Nov 2026).

Is Ansible 2.18 still supported?

No. Ansible 2.18 reached end of life on 31 May 2026 and no longer gets free security updates. Upgrade to Ansible 2.22.

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