Comparison tables
Everyone likes coming up with new words for old concepts. While the different concepts in various products don't always match, it's tempting to make a dictionary that maps the configuration systems' different terminologies with one another.
Here is such a terminology comparison table:
System | Puppet | Ansible | Salt |
Client | Agent | Node | Minion |
Server | Master | Server | Master |
Configuration | Catalog | Playbook | Salt State |
Also, here is a technology comparison table:
System | Puppet | Ansible | Chef | Salt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Agentless | No | Yes | Yes | Both |
Client dependencies | Ruby | Python, SSHD, bash | Ruby, SSHD, bash | Python |
Language | Ruby | Python | Ruby | Python |
