Config 자동화 툴(puppet, chef, salt, ansible)

	Puppet	Chef	Salt	Ansible
Support	Puppet Labs	Opscode	SaltStack	AnsibleWorks
Since	2005	2009	2011	2012
Development Laguage	Ruby	Ruby(클라이언트) Erlang(서버)	Python	Python
Control Interface	Manifest(DSL)	Recipes(DSL, Ruby 기반)	SLS(SoLt Sate/YAML)	Playbook(YAML, JSON)
Agent	Master/Agent Standalone	Server/Client Chef solo(Standalone)	Master/Agent(minions) Standalone(Masterless	Standalone(Masterless)
Communication	http, ssh/SSL	STOMP, rest/SSL	ZeroMQ	SSH/JSON
Remote Execution	Mocollective, Challenging	Knife, Challenging	Built in/easy	Built in/easy

참고 : 

www.edureka.co/blog/chef-vs-puppet-vs-ansible-vs-saltstack/