[[wp:Puppet_(software)|Puppet]], [[wp:Chef_(software)|Chef]], Salt and Ansible, Bcfg2 are among the leading [[wp:Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software|Configuration Management]] softwares. Puppet and Chef are the most cross-platform.
Chef can be used to manage not just virtual and physical hosts, but also other types of nodes like a switch or a router in your network.
* [http://www.getchef.com/blog/2013/03/11/chef-11-server-up-and-running/ Getting Chef 11 server up and running]
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