Infrastructure as code (Configuration, Provisioning and Deployment Software)
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About
Infrastructure as code means that all ops operations are scripted and are found in code.
They are used in DevOps pipeling for continuous deployment
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Type
You will find three kind of software in this area:
- orchestration tool to automates server creation.
- configuration management to install and manage software on existing servers
Properties
Architecture
- client-only architecture for CloudFormation, Ansible, and Terraform
- client/server architecture by default for Chef, Puppet, and SaltStack
State
- a procedural style where you need to check the state before making any changes. Chef and Ansible
- a declarative style where you defined the wanted state. Terraform, CloudFormation, SaltStack, and Puppet
Frameworks
| Name | Type | Other |
|---|---|---|
| Python | ||
| Fabric | Functional | |
| Ansible, Red Hat | Declarative | ansible-semaphore/semaphore Opensource alternative at Tower written in (Go) |
| Salt (Python) | Command line and declarative | |
| Go | ||
| Sup | Leverage bash script | |
| Ruby | ||
| chef - Chef Ruby | ||
| Puppet | ||
| Capistrano | ||
| Foreman | ||
| Java | ||
| Jenkins | Ssh | Publish Over SSH plugin with a parametrized job |
| Powershell | ||
| Azure | Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (dsc) | |