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What do Chef and Puppet have in common?
The correct answer is B. use a master server. Both Chef and Puppet are configuration management tools that typically operate using a master-agent architecture, where a central server distributes configurations to managed nodes. This master server acts as the central repository for configuration policies and state.
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What do Chef and Puppet have in common?
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- Ause Ruby
- Buse a master server
- Crequire modules to be created from scratch
- Dmanage agents referred to as minions
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(44 responses)- A7% (3)
- B89% (39)
- C2% (1)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
Both Chef and Puppet are configuration management tools that typically operate using a master-agent architecture, where a central server distributes configurations to managed nodes. This master server acts as the central repository for configuration policies and state.
While both Chef and Puppet have significant ties to Ruby (Chef recipes are written in Ruby DSL, Puppet uses its own DSL which is Ruby-based), this is a language detail rather than a fundamental architectural commonality for their core operation.
Both Chef and Puppet are designed with a client-server (master-agent) architecture. In this model, a central 'master' server stores and manages the desired configuration state, while 'agent' software running on the managed nodes periodically checks in with the master to retrieve and apply their respective configurations.
Neither Chef nor Puppet typically require modules to be created from scratch; both have extensive ecosystems of pre-built modules (Cookbooks for Chef, Modules for Puppet) available from communities or vendors.
Only SaltStack refers to its agents as 'minions'; Chef refers to its agents as 'nodes,' and Puppet refers to its agents as 'agents.'
Concept tested: Configuration management tool architecture
Source: https://www.puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/architecture_overview.html
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