What is Configuration Management?
Every software - from operating systems up to applications - must be kept in a consistent state. Configuration management means to automate these tasks with software tools instead of doing everything by hand.
A small list of target states achieved by configuration management is:
- Installation of a web server
- Mounting shares
- Creating users
- Installation anf configuratoin of a database
- etc.
Why you should use configuration management
All IT environment change and evolve - and they rather grow. The bigger they become, the more effort is required to maintain them. And in the end, this means a higher risk for human errors which can have enormous impacts.
Added value by configuration management
IT failues cost time and money. They are often caused by human error because
- an employee did not have all important information about the systems he is working on
- repetitive tasks are executed in differend ways.
Configuration management encapsulates small and large administrative tasks and creates documentation almost in passing.
Ensure performance, concistency and compliance of your IT landscape with a consistent configruation of all your systems.