DevOps: What is Chef in Deployment?
Last Updated on July 26, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Amit Chauhan
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Configuration management tool in DevOps operation
In this article, we will study configuration management tools (CMT) in the DevOps deployment process.
Need of CMT in operations?
Suppose, we have an IT small company and want to start a business, we need servers to operate the operations. A single person can handle 5–10 servers but a big company of 500 or 1000 servers can not handle a single person or a team.
So, the company hires a system administrator that does all operations like updating, protecting, installing, and managing the servers. Imagine, after 1… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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