Understanding configuration management

Configuration management is like having a master key for your infrastructure’s setup, especially when dealing with multiple deployments. We’ve seen a glimpse of this with Docker Compose, where all configurations live in Docker, ready to be reused. This approach isn’t just tidy; it ensures every part of your system walks in step, making it easy to scale or clone configurations when needed. It’s all about saving time, staying organized, and automating wherever possible.

Stepping into configuration management, we turn to Ansible, a tool celebrated for its simplicity and efficiency. Unlike other management tools that require installing agents on each server, Ansible operates over SSH, minimizing setup overhead and maintaining a lightweight presence. It is an agentless orchestration tool that brings simplicity and security to the forefront of server automation. While our tutorials will primarily focus on Ubuntu due to...