The leading configuration management tools, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and others,are open source products, so active communities have formed around thesetechnologies. The people participating in this community are one of the thingsthat really stand out. When you ask about the best part of this community, themost common response is “the people,” since they tend to be welcoming,friendly, knowledgeable, and most importantly, helpful. The communitycertainly isn't perfect, and there are some challenges. This talk will cover avariety of wonderful and not so wonderful things about the configurationmanagement community. |