I see that it's licensed GPL, but then the "pricing" page says the open source version can be used on up to 10 boxes. Is this a code restriction (which could be circumvented) or is it an additional license restriction (which the GPL expressly disallows) ?
Nope, Ansible is GPL without restriction like that.
AnsibleWorks AWX is a commercial UI and REST API solution that sits on top of Ansible -- and 10 nodes are in fact free there, Ansible is all you want! The pricing is for AWX beyond 10 nodes, as well as included support. (You can also get support if you don't care about AWX, but AWX is included).
Cool! thanks for the clarification. I've been trying to wrap my head around Salt for the last 2 days, and this looks really nice. I think I might have to try it
