Ansible

Ansible lets you run tasks on multiple machines. It does not require the machines to have any particular software installed other then ssh, only the control node needs to have ansible installed.

You delcare your nodes in an inventory file (in this case inventory.ini or inventory.yaml). You define your tasks in a playbook (for example playbooks/test.yaml).

Some actions require sudo (become: true), so you may need to setup a privileged user that is not prompted a password when using sudo (modify the /etc/sudoers file).

You should be able to install ansible via your packet manager.

To run a playbook:

ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini -u lab playbooks/test.yaml

To run a specific task, specify a tag:

ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini -u lab playbooks/test.yaml --tags ping