ansible

v14.0.0 safe
2.0
Low Risk

Radically simple IT automation

⚠ Tarball exceeded 25 MB — source code analysis was limited to package metadata only.

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SAFE

The package exhibits minimal risk across all categories, with no indications of network, shell, obfuscation, or credential risks. The metadata suggests a potentially new or less active account, but this alone does not indicate malicious intent.

  • No network calls detected
  • No shell execution detected
  • No obfuscation or credential harvesting patterns
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls detected, which is normal for Ansible unless it's configured to communicate with remote systems.
  • Shell: No shell execution detected, consistent with Ansible's typical operation unless explicitly invoked to run commands.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk of malicious activity.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk of secret theft.
  • Metadata: The author has only one package, which may indicate a new or less active account, but no other suspicious flags were detected.

📦 Package Quality Overall: Medium (6.0/10)

○ Low Test Suite 1.0

No test suite detected

  • No test files or test-runner configuration detected
◈ Medium Documentation 7.0

Some documentation present

  • Documentation URL: "Documentation" -> https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible
  • Detailed PyPI description (6840 chars)
◈ Medium Contributing Guide 7.0

Some contribution signals present

  • Contributing link: "Code of Conduct" -> https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/c
  • Development Status classifier >= Beta
◈ Medium Type Annotations 5.0

Partial type annotation coverage

  • Type checker (mypy / pyright / pytype) referenced in project
✦ High Multiple Contributors 10.0

Active multi-contributor project

  • 8 unique contributor(s) across 100 commits in ansible-community/ansible-build-data
  • Active community — 5 or more distinct contributors

🔬 Heuristic Checks

✓ Outbound Network Calls

No suspicious network call patterns found

✓ Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

✓ Shell / Subprocess Execution

No shell execution patterns detected

✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: ansible.com

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

✓ Git Repository History

Repository ansible-community/ansible-build-data appears legitimate

⚠ Maintainer History score 2.0

1 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author "Ansible, Inc." appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
✓ Known CVE Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.

💡 AI App Starter Prompt

Use this prompt to build a project with ansible 
Create a fully-functional mini-application using the Python package 'ansible' to automate server configuration tasks. Your application should allow users to easily configure multiple servers with specific roles such as web server, database server, or cache server. Here are the steps and features your application should include:

1. **Project Setup**: Initialize a new Python project and install Ansible. Ensure you have a virtual environment set up.
2. **Inventory Management**: Allow users to define a dynamic inventory of servers. This includes specifying server IP addresses, roles, and groups. For example, users should be able to specify which servers belong to the 'web', 'db', or 'cache' groups.
3. **Role Definition**: Define roles for each type of server (e.g., web, db, cache). Each role should include playbooks that describe the desired state of the server, including software installation, configuration file modifications, and service management.
4. **Execution Interface**: Develop a user-friendly interface that allows users to select which roles to apply to which servers. The interface could be a simple command-line tool or a basic web interface if preferred.
5. **Task Execution**: When a user selects roles to apply, your application should use Ansible to execute the corresponding playbooks on the specified servers. Ensure that the application captures and logs any errors or successes during execution.
6. **Reporting**: After task execution, provide a summary report to the user detailing which tasks were completed successfully and which failed. Include error messages where applicable.
7. **Security Measures**: Implement basic security measures, such as encrypting sensitive information like passwords or API keys, and ensuring that all communication between the application and the servers is secure.
8. **Documentation**: Provide comprehensive documentation for both users and developers, explaining how to set up the application, how to add new roles, and how to troubleshoot common issues.

By completing this project, you will gain hands-on experience with Ansible's core functionalities, including inventory management, role-based configuration, and task execution. This project aims to streamline the process of configuring and managing multiple servers, making it more accessible and efficient for system administrators and DevOps engineers.

💬 Discussion Feed

Leave a comment

No discussion yet. Be the first to share your thoughts!