Fourth Generation Configuration Management

Keynote talk at Configuration Management Camp 2018.

Summary of the evolutionary changes in configuration management and challenges for the discipline in cloud native infrastructure.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DcyRmEx0qY

Transcript

1. Fourth Generation Config Management Eric Sorenson // @ahpook // eric@puppet.com
2. soundcloud.com/ahpook
6. 1. Primordial Soup 2. Refinement 3. Specialization 4. Synthesis FOUR GENERATIONS
7. (0). In the beginning was the command line
9. recury:~ root#
10. 1. Primordial Soup
14. 2. Refinement
17. nigel ben hughes lutterkort littleidea me (still bald) nasrat (obviously) luke kartar ripienaar
19. 3. Specialization
21. Source: Donnie Berkholz, Redmonk 2015
22. Runs on a platform Designed for: • Resiliency • Agility • Operability • Observability
23. Infrastructure as Code Infrastructure as Software
25. 4. Synthesis
26. DSL Model Driven Imperative Agent Based Remote Raw language UX Engine Endpoints cfengine ✔ ✔ ✔ isconf ✔ (Make) ✔ ✔ puppet ✔ ✔ ✔ chef ✔ (Ruby) ✔ ✔ ansible ✔ (YAML) ✔ ✔ terraform ✔ ✔ ✔
27. • Loops • Explicit templating • Strong type checking • Internal DAG and “true” dry-run mode • Both Push and Pull • Python DSL*
29. github.com/puppetlabs/bolt
31. DSL Model Driven Imperative Agent Based Remote Raw language UX Engine Endpoints puppet ✔ ✔ ✔ bolt ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ansible ✔ (YAML) ✔ ✔ opsmop ✔ (Python) ✔ ✔ ✔
32. (5). Singularity