Ansible is an open-source IT automation tool founded in 2012 and acquired by Red Hat in 2015, built on an agentless architecture, YAML playbooks and idempotent execution for configuration management and application deployment.
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SaltStack (Salt Project) was created in 2011 by Thomas Hatch as an open-source configuration management and remote execution platform, acquired by VMware in 2020.
CFEngine was created in 1993 by Mark Burgess in Oslo, Norway, and is the oldest IT automation configuration management tool, based on the unique Promise Theory design.
Puppet is an infrastructure configuration management automation platform that uses a declarative language to define system state, supporting OS configuration, application deployment, compliance, and security automation.
Chef is an infrastructure configuration management platform founded in Seattle in 2008, using a Ruby DSL to declaratively define server state, providing configuration management, compliance auditing, and automated application deployment.
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Ansible is a simple yet powerful automation tool. This guide systematically
Environment Variables and Configuration Management: 12-Factor and .env
Apply 12-Factor principles to separate config from code: manage cross-environment differences with environment variables, localize config with .env files, and protect secrets with secret management.