Ansible is one of the most powerful automation tools used by DevOps engineers to manage infrastructure, configure servers, and deploy applications at scale. In this blog, I'll walk through how I automated Linux and Windows server setup using Ansible — specifically around SSH configuration, roles, and playbooks — and reduced repetitive manual work significantly. This project demonstrates how automation can simplify server management while improving consistency and deployment speed across both Linux and Windows environments. ** Why I Chose Ansible for This ** Before I started using Ansible, server setup meant logging into each machine manually, running the same commands over and over, and hoping nothing was missed. One wrong step and the configuration was inconsistent across environments. Sound familiar? What drew me to Ansible was its simplicity — no agents to install, no complex setup. Just SSH into Linux, WinRM into Windows, and you're managing your entire fleet from a single control node.…