Configuration Management

Configuration Management is the type of IaC focuses on the management and automation of the configuration of servers, networks and other infrastructure components. Examples include Ansible, Chef and Puppet.

IaC and Configuration Management: How They Work Together

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configuration Management (CM) are two important practices in DevOps that work together to automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of infrastructure. IaC is the practice of describing the infrastructure in a programmatic way, using code, while CM is the practice of managing and maintaining the desired state of the infrastructure. …