Automating Configuration Management
There are different ways to automate the creation and configuration of your infrastructure in Azure. One such way is to codify your Azure deployments through Infrastructure as Code (IaC). IaC allows you to specify the desired state of your resources using files, which can be deployed by a language of choice without manual intervention. You therefore can be concerned only with the resource configurations. Native Azure tools that you can use for IaC deployments are ARM templates or Azure Bicep. Another popular third-party tool for IaC is Terraform (made by HashiCorp). You could also use code or Azure Automation, PowerShell scripts, and more.
When different Azure resources are deployed, there are some tools that you can use to manage the configuration of the resources. For example, when you want to automate the configuration of your VMs, Azure provides the following tools:
- Chef: Chef is a third-party solution that offers a DevOps automation...
