# IT:AD:Puppet #



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* See also:
    * [[IT/AD/DevOps/]]
    * [[IT/AD/Chef/]]
    * [[IT/AD/Octopus Deploy/]]
    * [[IT/AD/Guard Rail/]]


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Puppet and [[IT/AD/Chef/]] are *configuration management tools* (not deployment automation tools like [[IT/AD/Octopus Deploy/]]).


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## Notes ##

* They both work by describing the state that a system should be in, and they take steps to ensure systems are in that state.
* Puppet is easier to learn by sysadmins: it's primarily model driven, using JSON to describe data structures in Puppet manifests.
    * Chef on the other hand is procedural, you write your recipes in [[IT/AD/Ruby/]] code. 
* Both Puppet and Chef offer free open source versions.




## Resources ##

* http://www.scriptrock.com/blog/puppet-vs-chef-battle-wages