Chapter 1. Introduction to Ansible Builder
1.1. About Ansible Builder
Ansible Builder is a command line tool that automates the process of building automation execution environments by using the metadata defined in various Ansible Collections, as well as by the user.
1.1.1. Why use Ansible Builder?
Before Ansible Builder was developed, Automation Platform users would potentially run against dependency issues and multiple error messages as they attempted to create a custom virtual environment or container that had all of their required dependencies installed.
Through the use of an easily customizable definition file, Ansible Builder installs Ansible, specified Collections and any of its dependencies so that all of the necessary requirements to get jobs running are fulfilled behind the scenes.
