DebOps
Your Debian-based data center in a box. A set of general-purpose Ansible roles that can be used to manage Debian or Ubuntu hosts.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 55% of tracked projects; popularity more than 41%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 1.4k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v3.3.1 · 14 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Ansible, Python |
Is DebOps actively maintained?
DebOps is under active development: 334 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 48 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
The most recent tagged release, v3.3.1, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
DebOps ranks #7 of 18 in Communication - Email - Complete Solutions, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What DebOps actually does
DebOps is a collection of general-purpose Ansible roles designed to configure and maintain Debian or Ubuntu server environments. It functions as an automation toolkit to manage multiple hosts and services from a central control machine without requiring a custom agent on each node.
Best fit: Sysadmins and engineers who prefer a modular, playbook-driven approach to standardising infrastructure across Debian and Ubuntu deployments.
Worth knowing: Relying on a large collection of third-party Ansible roles can introduce debugging overhead when upstream updates break existing configurations or playbooks.
Deployment notes
You will need a local control machine with Python and Ansible installed to execute the playbooks against your target hosts over SSH.
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