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If you think puppet/chef is too much complexity you might find saltstack worth some attention. I haven't used it in real anger yet, but I've really liked what I
by boothead 13y ago
If you think puppet/chef is too much complexity you might find saltstack worth some attention. I haven't used it in real anger yet, but I've really liked what I've seen so far. I see they've even got instructions specific to aws now too [1]
Also worth mentioning cloud formation as well [2]. That might make the pain of chef/puppet more of a worthwhile investment!
[1] https://salt-cloud.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/aws.html https://salt-cloud.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/aws.html
[2] http://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/ http://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/
- sigmavirus24 13y agoAlso there are some useful example states on GitHub: https://github.com/esacteksab/salt-states https://github.com/esacteksab/salt-states
- uggedal 13y agoMy salt states are public[1] and include among other things setup for nginx/redis/postgresql/uwsgi which powers a few Django and Flask sites. [1]: https://github.com/uggedal/states https://github.com/uggedal/states
- tomsthumb 13y agoAnsible is another alternative that is relatively simple.
- gazarsgo 13y agoI've been using Ansible for a couple weeks now and it is awesome how simple it is compared to Chef/Puppet (IMO)
- druiid 13y agoI really want to use Salt for something one of these days given I work with Python quite a bit... but basically at this point my investment with Puppet is relatively significant, so I'm not sure if the pain of switching would be worth it. I'm sure eventually I'll find a use for it though! I like what I've seen before.