Puppet vs. Ansible: Game-Changing Differences in Modern Infrastructure Automation
After working extensively with both Puppet and Ansible, I’ve discovered some powerful features in the Puppet ecosystem that deserve more attention. In this post, I’ll share my experiences with Hiera and Puppet Bolt, highlighting how they compare to Ansible’s approach. Hiera vs. Ansible’s host_vars and group_vars One of the most significant differences between Puppet and Ansible is how they handle variable hierarchies. Ansible uses host_vars and group_vars directories, which provide a straightforward but somewhat rigid approach to configuration data....