Last updated : Jul 08, 2014
NOT ON THE CURRENT EDITION
This blip is not on the current edition of the Radar. If it was on one of the last few editions, it is likely that it is still relevant. If the blip is older, it might no longer be relevant and our assessment might be different today. Unfortunately, we simply don't have the bandwidth to continuously review blips from previous editions of the Radar.
Understand more
Jul 2014
Trial
Chef and Puppet servers are a central place to store recipes/manifests that propagate configuration changes to managed machines. They are also a central database of node information and provide access control for manifests/recipes. The disadvantage of having these servers is that they become a bottleneck when multiple clients simultaneously connect to them. They are a single point of failure and take effort to be robust and reliable. In light of this, we recommend chef-solo or standalone puppet in conjunction with a version control system when the server is primarily used to store recipes/manifests. Teams can always introduce the servers as the need arises or if they find themselves reinventing solutions to the problems the servers have already solved.
Jan 2014
Trial
Published : Jan 28, 2014
