My second session at ChefConf 2022 was ‘Config Management Isn’t Dead’ by Brittney Woods, Manager - Server Automation, H&R Block.
This was a great session based on Brittney’s learned experiences using Chef for config management across multiple roles. Brittney is a fantastic presenter and hopefully, we get to meet her hermit crab and hamster in her next presentation 😄.
This really is a session you must watch to get the most out of the content
My main take ways from this session were as follows
Configuration Management is about much more than deployment alone. It is about continuously managing you configuration. Only with good config management and compliance can you understand drift over time and ensure your solutions remain in compliance.
Configuration management is about much more than just VMs. Configuration management extends to containers and the cloud as well.
Using configuration management to manage images for VMs and containers can ensure compliance and expedite delivery.
Configuration management can and should be integrated with infrastructure automation platforms like Terraform.
Chef can be used to ensure that your resources always comply with CIS benchmarks and DISA-STIGs etc
Config Management is a critical component to allow the barrier for entry to be lowered for developers who need to innovate faster whilst ensuring security and compliance
Watch the session for yourself
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