Configuration and DevOps Definitions
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Ansible
Ansible is an open source IT configuration management (CM) and automation platform, provided by Red Hat.
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Ansible playbook
An Ansible playbook is an organized unit of scripts that defines work for a server configuration managed by the automation tool Ansible.
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ChatOps
ChatOps is the use of chat clients, chatbots and real-time communication tools to facilitate how software development and operation tasks are communicated and executed.
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Chef (software)
Chef is an open source systems management and cloud infrastructure automation platform.
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composable infrastructure
A composable infrastructure is a framework whose physical compute, storage and network fabric resources are treated as services.
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configuration management (CM)
Configuration management (CM) is a governance and systems engineering process for ensuring consistency in an operational environment.
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continuous deployment
Continuous deployment is a strategy for software releases wherein any code commit that passes the automated testing phase is automatically released into the production environment, making changes that are visible to the software's users.
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FirewallD
FirewallD, also known as Dynamic Firewall, replaces Fedora's old firewall tool, iptables, and allows for easier configuration and interface.
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friendly name
A friendly name is the title given to an application file, certificate or other IT asset so that a person easily understands and remembers it.
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HashiCorp Atlas
HashiCorp Atlas is a suite of open source, modular DevOps (development/operations) infrastructure products. Atlas products can be implemented separately, together, or alongside other technologies.
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immutable infrastructure
In an immutable infrastructure, components are replaced rather than changed which means that an application or service is effectively redeployed each time a change occurs.
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IT systems management
Systems management is the administration of the information technology systems in an enterprise data center. An effective systems management plan facilitates the delivery of IT as a service (ITaaS) and allows the organization's employees to respond to changing business requirements in an agile manner.
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Kubernetes Node
A Kubernetes Node is a logical collection of IT resources that supports one or more containers.
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MIPS (million instructions per second)
The number of MIPS (million instructions per second) is a general measure of computing performance and, by implication, the amount of work a larger computer can do.
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Puppet (Puppet Labs)
Puppet is an open source systems management tool for centralizing and automating configuration management. Administrators can encode the configuration of a service as a policy, which Puppet then monitors and enforces.