Preferred terminology
The following is the list of preferred terms for Ansible ecosystem projects.
- Ansible
Use on all occurrences or
ansible
if referring to the CLI command. Preference is to use this to refer to the Ansible community package.- Ansible Builder
Use on first occurrence or
ansible-builder
if referring to the CLI command. Subsequent occurrences can be Builder.- Ansible collection
Use on first occurrence. Subsequent occurrences can be collection.
- Ansible Content Development Kit (CDK)
Use on first occurrence. Subsequent occurrences can be Ansible CDK.
- Ansible Core
Use on all occurrences, though preference is
ansible-core
after first occurrence to distinguish from the Ansible community package.- Ansible Creator
Use on first occurrence or
ansible-creator
if referring to the CLI command.- Ansible Execution Environment (EE)
Use on first occurrence. Subsequent occurrences can be Execution Environment or EE.
- Ansible Galaxy
Use on first occurrence. Subsequent occurrences can be Galaxy. Do not use Galaxy NG.
- Ansible Lint
Use on all occurrences or
ansible-lint
if referring to the CLI command.- Ansible Molecule
Use on first occurrence. Subsequent occurrences can be Molecule or
molecule
if referring to the CLI command.- Ansible Navigator
Use first occurrence. Subsequent occurrences can be Navigator or
ansible-navigator
if referring to the CLI.- Ansible playbook
Use on first occurrence. Subsequent occurrences can be playbook.
- ansible-pylibssh
Use on all occurrences.
- Ansible role
Use on first occurrence. Subsequent occurrences can be role.
- Ansible rule
Use on first occurrence. Subsequent occurrences can be rule.
- Ansible rulebook
Use on first occurrence. Subsequent occurrences can be rulebook.
- Ansible Runner
Use on first occurrence or
ansible-runner
if referring to the CLI command. Subsequent occurrences can be Runner.- Ansible SDK
Use on all occurrences.
- Ansible Sign
Use on all occurrences or
ansible-sign
if referring to the CLI command.ansible-test
Use on all occurrences as the CLI command.
- Ansible VSCode Extension by Red Hat
Use on first occurrence. Subsequent occurrences can be Ansible VSCode Extension.
- Pinakes
Use on all occurrences.
- Receptor
Use on all occurrences or
receptor
if referring to the CLI command.