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• Read more about IaC and Config. Management Tools

  Infrastructure as Code refers to the practice of managing and provisioning infrastructure using code-based definitions. Instead of manually setting up servers, networks, and other infrastructure components, IaC allows developers and system administrators to define infrastructure configurations using programming languages or declarative markup. These definitions can then be version-controlled, tested, and executed programmatically, making the process more efficient and scalable.

  Common IaC tools include:

  • Terraform: A popular infrastructure provisioning tool that supports multiple cloud providers and on-premises infrastructure.

  • AWS CloudFormation: Amazon Web Services' native IaC tool for defining and deploying AWS infrastructure.

Configuration Management tools focus on managing the configuration and state of individual servers or virtual machines. They ensure that servers are in the desired state by automatically installing, configuring, and maintaining software packages and settings.

Common Configuration Management tools include:

• Ansible: A popular, agentless configuration management tool that uses YAML-based playbooks to define configurations.

• Chef: A powerful and flexible configuration management tool that uses a Ruby-based DSL (domain-specific language) for defining configurations.

• Give differences between both with suitable examples

  • IaC: Infrastructure as Code focuses on defining and managing the infrastructure components and resources required to run an application or service. It deals with provisioning and configuring the infrastructure environment itself.

  • Example: Using Terraform to define and create AWS EC2 instances, VPCs, security groups, and other resources required for hosting a web application.

  • Configuration Management: Configuration Management, on the other hand, is concerned with managing the software and configuration of individual servers or virtual machines to ensure they are in a desired and consistent state.

  • Example: Using Ansible to install and configure Nginx, set up application-specific settings, and manage user accounts on multiple servers.

• What are the most common IaC and Config Management Tools?

  Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Tools:

  1. Terraform: Terraform is one of the most popular IaC tools, developed by HashiCorp. It allows you to define infrastructure as code using a declarative configuration language. Terraform supports multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.) and even on-premises infrastructure.

Configuration Management Tools:

1. Ansible: Ansible is an open-source configuration management tool that uses a declarative approach to manage systems. It is agentless, meaning it doesn't require a separate agent on target systems. Ansible uses YAML-based playbooks to define configurations and automate tasks.

2. Chef: Chef is a powerful configuration management tool that follows a model-driven approach. It uses a Ruby-based DSL (domain-specific language) to describe the desired system state and takes actions to converge the systems to that state.