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Ansible overtakes Chef and Puppet as the top cloud configuration management tool

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  1. Radically simple configuration-management, application deployment, task-execution, and multi-node orchestration engine
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    The popularity of Ansible is not a surprise, as it is a strong tool for managing a large number of servers, according to TechRepublic's Jack Wallen. Ansible allows users to create flexible, automated tasks that can be run from a centralized server to act on remote hosts, so you can undertake admin duties that would otherwise require you to log onto each remote machine manually and run those commands individually, Wallen wrote.

    #DevOps Tools #IT Automation #Build And Deployment Automation 9 social mentions

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    Automation for all of your technology. Overcome the complexity and rapidly ship your infrastructure and apps anywhere with automation.
    Breaking these results down year-over-year, use of Ansible grew from 36% in 2018 to 41% in 2019--surpassing Chef, which grew from 36% to 37%, as well as Puppet, which grew from 34% to 37%. Rounding out the list is Terraform, which experienced a jump from 20% to 31%, and Salt, which increased in usage from 13% to 18%.

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    Breaking these results down year-over-year, use of Ansible grew from 36% in 2018 to 41% in 2019--surpassing Chef, which grew from 36% to 37%, as well as Puppet, which grew from 34% to 37%. Rounding out the list is Terraform, which experienced a jump from 20% to 31%, and Salt, which increased in usage from 13% to 18%.

    #DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration And Delivery #Developer Tools 1 social mentions

  4. Tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently.
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    • Open Source
    Breaking these results down year-over-year, use of Ansible grew from 36% in 2018 to 41% in 2019--surpassing Chef, which grew from 36% to 37%, as well as Puppet, which grew from 34% to 37%. Rounding out the list is Terraform, which experienced a jump from 20% to 31%, and Salt, which increased in usage from 13% to 18%.

    #DevOps Tools #Developer Tools #Continuous Integration And Delivery 31 social mentions

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    Fast, scalable and flexible software for data center automation
    Breaking these results down year-over-year, use of Ansible grew from 36% in 2018 to 41% in 2019--surpassing Chef, which grew from 36% to 37%, as well as Puppet, which grew from 34% to 37%. Rounding out the list is Terraform, which experienced a jump from 20% to 31%, and Salt, which increased in usage from 13% to 18%.

    #DevOps Tools #IT Automation #Dev Ops

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