As a quick recap, configuration management tools enable companies to standardize and automate their infrastructure. Through standardization, you can build systems that are platform independent (i.e. instead of relying on AMIs or provider specific tool-sets). These tools also make it easy reproduce servers for scaling or testing, and recover from disaster quickly by defining a proper application state. For example, if servers are not in that defined state when each server is checked, they are restored to their proper state. In addition, this standardization makes it easy to on-board new developers.
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This list of server configuration management questions effectively highlights the key concepts that were central to the field several years ago, covering areas like desired state, idempotency, and tool comparison. However, the landscape has evolved from a focus on individual server configuration to managing entire infrastructure lifecycles. Modern discussions now encompass Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles using declarative tools like Terraform, the management of immutable infrastructure patterns, configuration within containerized and Kubernetes environments, and the integration of security and compliance checks directly into the provisioning pipeline (Shifting Security Left). While these foundational questions remain useful for understanding core principles, they represent the starting point for today's more complex, cloud-native infrastructure challenges.
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