A company must manage 2,000 servers and needs a configuration management tool that can scale horizontally. The tool must support a highly available architecture to avoid a single point of failure. The team has expertise in Python. Which tool is the best fit?

SaltStack with a multi-master architecture and Python-based states

Puppet with a single Puppet server and a load balancer

Chef with a single Chef server and a load balancer

Ansible with a single control node and a load balancer in front of it

A company must manage 500 Linux servers that are ephemeral and frequently created and destroyed by an orchestration platform. The configuration management tool must be able to configure a new server as soon as it is provisioned, without manual intervention. Which tool feature is the best fit for this requirement?

Chef with a manual bootstrap process for each new server

SaltStack with a static minion list that is manually maintained

Puppet with a static node list that is manually updated when servers are created

Ansible with a dynamic inventory script that queries the orchestration platform API

What is the primary purpose of configuration management in an IT environment?

To compile application source code into deployable artifacts

To monitor network traffic and detect security threats in real time

To provide a graphical interface for manually editing configuration files on each server

To maintain systems in a desired, consistent state through automated provisioning and enforcement

A non-profit organization manages 100 Linux servers with a team of volunteers who have varying levels of technical skill. The organization has no budget for commercial software. The team needs a tool that is simple to understand and maintain, with minimal moving parts. Which solution is the best fit?

Ansible, using a simple inventory file and YAML playbooks

SaltStack with a master and minions on each server

Puppet with a Puppet server and agents on each server

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

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A company must manage 2,000 servers and needs a configuration management tool that can scale horizontally. The tool must support a highly available architecture to avoid a single point of failure. The team has expertise in Python. Which tool is the best fit?
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A team needs a configuration management tool that can manage both Linux and Windows servers, has a low learning curve, and does not require a central server. Which tool best fits these requirements?
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A non-profit organization manages 100 Linux servers with a team of volunteers who have varying levels of technical skill. The organization has no budget for commercial software. The team needs a tool that is simple to understand and maintain, with minimal moving parts. Which solution is the best fit?
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A company must manage 2,000 servers and needs a configuration management tool that can scale horizontally. The tool must support a highly available architecture to avoid a single point of failure. The team has expertise in Python. Which tool is the best fit?

What is the primary purpose of configuration management in an IT environment?

A team needs a configuration management tool that can manage both Linux and Windows servers, has a low learning curve, and does not require a central server. Which tool best fits these requirements?

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