Simple Windows+Linux server provisioning? Chef/Puppet/Ansible etc

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Published on 2012-09-28T04:32:06Z Indexed on 2012/10/12 15:39 UTC
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I'm primarily a developer, part time devops; and manage servers here and there for my projects.

  • I want to automate provisioning of web/app/database servers going forward for my projects
  • I manage a mixture of both Windows and Linux servers (VPS, cloud and dedicated)

I've looked at investigated Chef/Puppet/Ansible briefly; and I am wanting to find something that:

  • Is easy to learn and understand. I don't want to invest weeks into understanding a complicated piece of tech.
  • Ideally does not require a server ("master server") to hold the configurations
  • Supports provisioning of Windows and Linux servers
  • Comes with suitable documentation to get started

Does anyone have any advice on what tool is best suited?

Thanks

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