Six Top Automation Tools for Linux
Managing and coordinating multiple Linux machines can be hard, notes Mwiza Kumwenda, but there are many orchestration and automation tools that can help "handle all sorts of repetitive workloads, such as OS and application installation, removal, and updates."
This article rounds up six of the most common orchestration and automation tools so you can manage the entire lifecycle of your Linux systems, including:
- Ansible
- Chef
- Cloud-init
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