<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Ansible Guide</title><description>DevOps infrastructure automation manual for Ansible playbook execution forks, AWX/Automation Controller node sizing, Ansible Vault encryption, and SSH pipelining.</description><link>https://ansibleguide.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>How Ansible Runs a Playbook: Inventory, Idempotence, and Forks</title><link>https://ansibleguide.com/posts/welcome/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ansibleguide.com/posts/welcome/</guid><description>An orientation to Ansible&apos;s agentless execution model, why idempotence matters, how forks control parallelism, and how Vault handles secrets.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ansible</category><category>configuration-management</category><category>playbooks</category><category>ansible-vault</category><category>devops</category></item></channel></rss>