The major configuration management tools currently used in the market are Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and SaltStack. Each one of these has their own pros and cons, so finding the right one can be a bit challenging, depending on which features are valued or which programming language is preferred. In this section, we will briefly introduce each of the tools and explain why we have chosen Ansible in this book.
Chef is an open source, client-server configuration management tool. It offers a flexible infrastructure automation framework using Ruby and domain-specific language (DSL) for the administration of hosts. This covers all types of hosts, including bare metal, virtual, or on the cloud. Chef is very common ...
