Choosing a conf managment tool for a Windows / Mac Envrionment | ||||||
posted by Mikael Spade on Nov. 5, 2015, 12:39 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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We have a mixed Mac and Windows envrionment here, with our Windows side already having a python/yaml based pipeline for Maya and Nuke setup, and I am looking to deploy a CM tool for managing it all. After doing some research it seems that the top choices would be Ansible, Salt, or Chef, and I was hoping to hear from others on their experiences with working with any of them in a mixed envronment, or any reasons to choose one over the others. Here's my basic overview of them: Ansible would be the easiest to deploy and use, since it also uses python/yaml and is agentless. However, it apparently is lacking in the introspection, logging, and documentation department compared to Salt and Chef. Also, couldn't find many people talking about using it with specifically Windows, so I don't know how it performs with Windows or what its limitations might be. Can also be relatively slow in performance. |