title: Can an Ansible control machine be a Linux VM?
body: <p>I am researching Ansible and am figuring out what is required to use it in a Windows only environment. I came across this link: </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://docs.ansible.com/intro_windows.html" rel="nofollow">http://docs.ansible.com/intro_windows.html</a></p>
  
  <p>and there it says that I need a Linux control machine. </p>
  
  <p>I don't want to make it a requirement for customers who are Windows shops to setup and manage a Linux machine. So can I run a Linux VM on a Windows machine and use that as my control machine? I haven't tried this yet but wanted to know if there are any gotchas with this approach?</p>