February 2016
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
5h 46m
English
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Comparison tables
Everyone likes coming up with new words for old concepts. While the different concepts in various products don't always match, it's tempting to make a dictionary that maps the configuration systems' different terminology with each other.
Here is such a terminology comparison chart:
|
System |
Puppet |
Ansible |
Pallet |
Salt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Client |
Agent |
Node |
Node |
Minion |
|
Server |
Master |
Server |
Server |
Master |
|
Configuration |
Catalog |
Playbook |
Crate |
Salt State |
Also, here is a technology comparison chart:
|
System |
Puppet |
Ansible |
Pallet |
Chef |
Salt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Agentless |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Both |
|
Client dependencies |
Ruby |
Python, sshd, bash |
sshd, bash |
Ruby, sshd, bash |
Python |
|
Language |
Ruby |
Python |
Clojure |
Ruby |
Python |
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