Ansible is clientless and the easiest orchestration system to setup, which is why I mentioned it, but I only use it in some scenarios like setting up a server f

Ansible is clientless and the easiest orchestration system to setup, which is why I mentioned it, but I only use it in some scenarios like setting up a server for a specific task. Services like the ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) stack and their variables include adding repositories, installing the software, configuring it, and Ansible makes sure that I get the same result no matter if it's an older generation VM, or if it has a different Linux distro. That way in case of any failure or if any service needs to be scaled, a single Ansible run will do all the tasks for me and get my machine(s) ready and identical to each other. Chef is used on a daily basis in a similar manner, but basically for standardization, making sure all the settings, users, critical files are the same after every run. This is very useful for bootstraping new VMs and keeping old ones in order in two main scenarios - a client/user makes changes that they shouldn't have and a regular Chef run makes it standardized again and making simple global changes like adding a new resolver, adding a cron job or installing a new package. I can't imagine not using them on a daily basis, but that's because of the 1500+ servers I manage.