Configuration Management

Configuration management takes care of the life cycle of the configurations of a system or application. These settings help to make configuring computer programs benefit optimally from the environment they run on. You can also use these settings to make them behave differently in some cases. Configuration management includes, but is not limited to, creating, tracking, storing, and updating the individual configuration items.

Configuration management also refers to the handling of the infrastructure configuration. From this aspect, it can boost the efficiency of an automated process instead of a manual configuration process. Configuration management systems such as Puppet, Chef, and Ansible bring plenty of benefits to the table. Some of which ease automation, providing consistency throughout the system, and matching the system to the desired state. However, as Kubernetes increasingly touches upon this area and solves these problems in its own way, these...