Review Dec 2016
| Product | Inception | Control Mechanism | OS Agnostic | Enterprise Attributes | Key Relative Strength | Key Relative Weakness | Bonsai Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ansible | SSH with Python requiring root. | ||||||
| Chef | Chef Agent | Yes | Provides SaaS to handle analytics and hybrid delivery models. | Focused on infrastructure as code and able to create systems from scratch. | Has Chef Provisioning to create machines using chef-client supporting LXC, Amazon EC2 and more. | ||
| Puppet | Puppet Agent using XMLRPC over HTTPS | Yes | Cluster approach with multiple masters for high availability and scalability. | Mature | Certificate management can be difficult with multiple masters. | ||
| Salt | SSH or Client | Development focused to be scalable and distributed. |
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Resources
Video Review - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ansible+vs+chef+vs+puppet+