"The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency." | ||
--Bill Gates |
Before moving to the details of different Chef components and other practical things, it is recommended that you know the foundation of automation and some of the existing automation tools. This chapter will provide you with a conceptual understanding of automation, and a comparative analysis of Chef with the existing automation tools.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
An overview of automation
The need for automation
A brief introduction of Chef
The salient features of Chef
Automation with Chef
Existing automation tools and comparison with Chef