What are some Puppet alternatives?

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IT Analyst10 months ago

If you’re looking for something other than puppet, there are a few great options out there.

Go for Ansible, Rudder, Attune, or Chef (I have personally tried them all).

1. ansible’s super easy to use, doesn’t need agents, and works with simple yaml files. 

2. rudder is nice if you want something with a visual interface for managing configs. 

3. attune is awesome for automating scripts like bash and powershell, and it’s really flexible with debugging and workflows. 

4. chef, which is powerful and uses ruby cookbooks for managing big setups. 

honestly, it just depends on what you’re trying to do and how you like to work.

Vice President in Bankinga year ago

Salt.

If you want an open source option - Rudder.

Enterprise Architect in Finance (non-banking)a year ago

Generally, I see Puppet in the same area as Ansible, Salt, Chef en CFEngine. For cloud-oriented setups, you will also find TerraForm and CloudFormation. If you have experience with Puppet, I personally feel that Salt is the closest, but Ansible seems to be more popular.

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