Python-friendly machine configuration management systems

Question

Are there machine configuration management systems akin to:

Puppet
Chef

which are natively, or at least intimately, Python-friendly?

Any recommendations with supporting evidence and/or backing reasoning as to why?

(The two systems above have a penchant for Ruby.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software — goldilocks, Sep 11 '13 at 12:20
@goldilocks: thanks. do you also have a recommendation with an explanation as to why? — Maroloccio, Sep 11 '13 at 12:22
Sorry, I don't. I just found that list when I looked up 'Puppet' ;) Someone might come along here who's actually used them tho. — goldilocks, Sep 11 '13 at 12:28

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '13 at 17:43

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Ansible is written in Python. It's a slightly different take on configuration management that requires nothing on the target servers other than python (and python-simplejson for python < 2.6).

answered Sep 11 '13 at 17:43

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daodennis · Answer 2 · 2022-06-10T15:59:41.177

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Do not discount Salt Stack either.

It offers the ability to queue (built a top ZeroMQ) commands to your servers as well as configuration management.

Its python API is documented here: https://salt.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ref/clients/index.html#python-api

Large companies such as Linkedin, HP Cloud Services, and Hulu use or used it.

edited Jun 10 '22 at 15:59

answered Sep 12 '13 at 10:39

daodennis

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Python-friendly machine configuration management systems

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