Puppet use today

Posted Jan 26, 2025 6:24 UTC (Sun) by ssmith32 (subscriber, #72404)
In reply to: Puppet use today by yodermk
Parent article: Puppet fork OpenVox makes first release

Wasn't sure if you were implying Ansible makes sense in the cloud? Does it?

The last three companies I worked at used Terraform. Before that, the offerings in the cloud were a bit lower level then nowadays, and it was salt all the way.

I don't particularly like (or dislike) Terraform, so wondering about the alternatives.

Puppet use today

Posted Jan 26, 2025 10:01 UTC (Sun) by mbunkus (subscriber, #87248) [Link]

We usually use OpenTofu (Open Source fork of Terraform after their license change) for handling the infrastructure level (creating/reconfiguring VMs, DNS entries etc.) & Ansible for the software level (everything after VMs are reachable via ssh), both on premises & in the cloud. We also use Ansible for a lot of switch configuration as there's a lot of third-party support for Ansible from vendors.

Sure, both tools have overlap, but their strengths are in different areas. Use them both where they're strongest.