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+title = "Deploying with Ansible"
+weight = 35
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+While Ansible is not officially supported to deploy Garage, several community members
+have published Ansible roles.  We list them and compare them below.
+
+## Comparison of Ansible roles
+
+| Feature                            | [ansible-role-garage](#zorun-ansible-role-garage) | [garage-docker-ansible-deploy](#moan0s-garage-docker-ansible-deploy) |
+|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
+| **Runtime**                        | Systemd                                     | Docker                                                        |
+| **Target OS**                      | Any Linux                                   | Any Linux                                                     |
+| **Architecture**                   | amd64, arm64, i686                          | amd64, arm64                                                  |
+| **Additional software**            | None                                        | Traefik                                                       |
+| **Automatic node connection**      | ❌                                          | ✅                                                            |
+| **Layout management**              | ❌                                          | ✅                                                            |
+| **Manage buckets & keys**          | ❌                                          | ✅ (basic)                                                    |
+| **Allow custom Garage config**     | ✅                                          | ❌                                                            |
+| **Facilitate Garage upgrades**     | ✅                                          | ❌                                                            |
+| **Multiple instances on one host** | ✅                                          | ✅                                                            |
+
+
+## zorun/ansible-role-garage
+
+[Source code](https://github.com/zorun/ansible-role-garage), [Ansible galaxy](https://galaxy.ansible.com/zorun/garage)
+
+This role is voluntarily simple: it relies on the official Garage static
+binaries and only requires Systemd.  As such, it should work on any
+Linux-based OS.
+
+To make things more flexible, the user has to provide a Garage
+configuration template.  This allows to customize Garage configuration in
+any way.
+
+Some more features might be added, such as a way to automatically connect
+nodes to each other or to define a layout.
+
+## moan0s/garage-docker-ansible-deploy
+
+[Source code](https://github.com/moan0s/garage-docker-ansible-deploy), [Blog post](https://hyteck.de/post/garage/)
+
+This role is based on the Docker image for Garage, and comes with
+"batteries included": it will additionally install Docker and Traefik. In
+addition, it is "opinionated" in the sense that it expects a particular
+deployment structure (one instance per disk, one gateway per host,
+structured DNS names, etc).
+
+As a result, this role makes it easier to start with Garage on Ansible,
+but is less flexible.