A government agency must manage 500 Linux servers and has a strict compliance requirement that all configuration changes be reviewed and approved by a separate team before deployment. The operations team is small and has no experience with configuration management. The agency has a limited budget and cannot purchase commercial licenses. Which solution best meets these constraints?

Puppet with a Puppet server and a custom approval script that gates agent runs

SaltStack with a master and a review process for state file changes

Ansible with a Git-based workflow where changes are made via pull requests and approved before merging

Chef with a Chef server and a manual approval process for cookbook uploads

A university IT department manages 1,000 lab computers that are frequently reimaged. The team wants a configuration management tool that can apply a baseline configuration to a freshly imaged machine with minimal manual steps. The team has no budget for commercial tools and prefers a model where the machine pulls its configuration on boot. Which solution is the best fit?

Puppet with a Puppet server and agents configured to run on boot

SaltStack with a master and a scheduled highstate on each minion

Ansible with a control node and a cron job to push configuration every hour

Chef with a Chef server and a bootstrap script run manually after imaging

A small web development agency manages 20 Linux servers for client projects. The team wants a configuration management tool that is easy to set up, does not require a central server, and can be used by developers who are familiar with shell scripting but not with a specific configuration management DSL. Which tool is the best fit?

Puppet with a Puppet server and agents on each server

Chef with a Chef server and chef-client on each server

SaltStack with a master and minions on each server

Ansible, run from a developer's workstation with an inventory file

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Identify a Configuration Management Solution to Achieve Technical and Business Requirements 350-901 Practice Questions (Page 2)

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6foundation · easy
Which configuration management tool uses a declarative language and a master-agent architecture where agents pull configuration from a master?
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7application · medium
A government agency must manage 500 Linux servers and has a strict compliance requirement that all configuration changes be reviewed and approved by a separate team before deployment. The operations team is small and has no experience with configuration management. The agency has a limited budget and cannot purchase commercial licenses. Which solution best meets these constraints?
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8foundation · easy
Which configuration management tool is known for its agentless architecture, using SSH or WinRM to manage nodes?
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9application · medium
A university IT department manages 1,000 lab computers that are frequently reimaged. The team wants a configuration management tool that can apply a baseline configuration to a freshly imaged machine with minimal manual steps. The team has no budget for commercial tools and prefers a model where the machine pulls its configuration on boot. Which solution is the best fit?
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10application · easy
A small web development agency manages 20 Linux servers for client projects. The team wants a configuration management tool that is easy to set up, does not require a central server, and can be used by developers who are familiar with shell scripting but not with a specific configuration management DSL. Which tool is the best fit?
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Which configuration management tool uses a declarative language and a master-agent architecture where agents pull configuration from a master?

Which configuration management tool is known for its agentless architecture, using SSH or WinRM to manage nodes?

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