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Ansible and Puppet are for infrastructure automation across multiple VMs. Terraform is a way to declare cloud (native) infrastructure as code. Ansible and Pupp
by Jasp3r 4y ago
Ansible and Puppet are for infrastructure automation across multiple VMs.
Terraform is a way to declare cloud (native) infrastructure as code.
Ansible and Puppet are not used anymore because of the shift to cloud native, not because they are stateless.
- m1keil 4y agoI wasn't suggesting that CMS fell from grace because they were being stateless. I was saying that when TF just started, these tools were in the right position to take lead over the IaaC space and didn't because the stateless model didn't fit. Take a look at Ansible's cloud modules, they tried. TF's success, in my opinion, can be boiled down to: a) Having a state - allowed them to provide declarative config with plan functionality b) Choosing Go - removed the burden of installing or having to invest in self contained setup like they did with Vagrant & ruby. I'm not a TF zealot. I hate my life every time I need to use it. And yet I know that there are no better alternatives out there. I'm sure there are some nice things in Pulumi or cdk-tf but I doubt switching to any worth the investment with existing TF project. I would be glad to try and play with a tf-like project that works without state - "talk is cheap, show me the code".
- whydoineedthis 4y agoOff topic, but, cdk-tf is useless because it doesn't have a data layer. It gives you the power to write real code, but with no vars to utilize. It's rubbish.
- sgt 4y agoWe adopted Ansible two years ago. Still using it. So clearly there are some users.
- candiddevmike 4y agoYou can manage cloud resources using puppet and Ansible...