Top 5 Ansible Alternatives in 2022: Server Automation Solutions by Alexander Fashakin on the 19th Aug 2021 facebook Linked In Twitter

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Ansible

Your project connects to Ansible through nodes called Ansible Modules. You can use these modules to manage your project. As an agentless architecture, Ansible allows you to run modules on any system or server. It doesn’t require client/server software or an agent to be installed. With Ansible, you can use Python Paramiko modules or SSH protocols.

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Attune by ServerTribe

Both use agentless architecture and both are freely available however, Attune allows pasting of existing scripts to rapidly create automated jobs without the learning a unique language. Additionally Attune can export the automated jobs as documents for either management approvals, knowledge capture, or to be followed manually.

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Puppet

Puppet uses a server/client architecture, requiring a longer installation process than Ansible, as an agentless system that only needs installation on the master node. In addition, Ansible uses YAML for configuration management while Puppet uses PuppetDSL with YAML datastore. The configuration management language style in Ansible is procedural, and that of Puppet is declarative.

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Terraform

Although Terraform and Ansible are both server automation tools, there are still a few significant differences between the two. For example, Terraform is declarative while Ansible allows for both procedural configurations and declarative configurations. Also, Ansible works best as a configuration management tool while Terraform leans towards cloud orchestration.

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Chef

Chef makes it easier to manage and configure your servers. With Chef, you can integrate services such as Amazon’s EC2, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform to automatically provision and configure new machines. It enables all components of an IT infrastructure to be connected and facilitates adding new elements without manual intervention.

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SaltStack

SaltStack automates IT operations – whether on-premises, in the cloud, or hybrid – while securing, simplifying, and optimizing infrastructure. The Saltstack configuration management tool runs on Python. With Saltstack, you can run commands remotely, as opposed to Chef and Puppet.

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