AWS OpsWorks

Overview

• Configuration management service
• Three distinct offerings
  • AWS OpsWorks Stacks (original)
  • AWS OpsWorks for Puppet Enterprise
  • AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate
• Alternatives
  • SSM, CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk

AWS OpsWorks Stacks

• Original service
• Manages "stacks"
• See OpsWorks Stacks (*)

AWS OpsWorks for Puppet Enterprise

• AWS-managed Puppet master servers (backups, patching)
• Central repository for your Puppet module
• Stores facts about those nodes

AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate

• AWS-managed Chef servers (backups, patching)
  • Chef Automate Server and Chef Server  (single instance)
• Chef Automate
  • automated workflow for continuous deployment and compliance checks

References

• https://github.com/open-guides/og-aws#opsworks