How is Ansible different from Chef or Puppet

Ansible, Chef, and Puppet are all popular configuration management and automation tools, but they differ in their approach and architecture. Here’s a comparison of Ansible with Chef and Puppet: Architecture Ansible: Ansible follows a simple agentless architecture. It uses SSH or WinRM to connect to managed nodes and executes tasks remotely without the need for installing any agent software on the nodes. Chef: Chef uses a client-server architecture. It requires a Chef client agent to be installed on each managed node, which communicates with a central Chef server....

June 19, 2023 · 3 min · 468 words · AO