[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Puppet vs Chef

[Adam Jacob < >]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Tim Uckun 
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> You may also want to write an article about automateit. It's pretty
> different than puppet and is sort of like chef solo but like chef it's
> "just ruby". Unlike chef it imposes no structure on you, it's super
> lightweight, it has no server (you have to figure out how you are
> going to get your code to the machine yourself).
>
> I quite like it.  Even if you don't want to use it for full blown
> systems management it's an excellent "sanity check" tool to make sure
> your application is properly setup and the dependencies are fully met.

I recently added Ohai and Chef support to AutomateIT as well, so you
can use Chef resources and Ohai facts in your AutomateIT recipes if
you want. (Not sure what the status of merging that stuff is, I should
ping Igal)

It's cool sauce.

Adam

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