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"Manage all your servers in a single stance"
Fidel M. - Software Engineer IJuly 22, 2022
STARTING PRICE
Not provided by software provider
Configuration management service that enables users to manage server configuration for Chef and Puppet automation platforms.
Provider
Amazon Web Services
Located In
United States
Foundation
2006
Deployment
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Training
Documentation
Support
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Content Source: AWS OpsWorks
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AWS OpsWorks Reviews
"Manage all your servers in a single stance"
Overall: AWS OpsWorks let us automatically patch, create backups, update or visualize metrics in real time for all our instances, apps and servers inside the AWS infrastructure within a single place. It also allow us to implement automatic packages installation for newly created instances or future projects.
Pros: The simplicity on which you can give maintenance to around 5 services while constantly updating their configurations and versions. We also adjust metrics for different clusters of the same instance, making this AWS service optimum for this function. In any case, a rollback (changing to a previous version) can be done in no more than 3 clicks. It contains a history of the previous versions and packages.
Cons: The service improved a lot this recent years due to its wide and active community. There is nothing to dislike here.
"AWS OpsWorks is the best"
Overall: Overall, AWS is a great software for what I used it for. It runs great.
Pros: I like how easy it was to use and super user friendly.
Cons: One thing I didn't like is that it lost connection a lot.
"If you are an admin it is incredible the savings you will get."
Overall: Frustrating because it is very different at the architectural level. The best thing is the resource balancing and the possibility of repeating configurations in different machines in a fast way.
Pros: The most repetitive tasks are eliminated once you understand the automations. My level is not expert, but once understood I have replicated it for OS and DB. You can scale instances depending on the project, the day and even the time of day.
Cons: Very difficult to learn. It has a very high learning curve. It is true that the customer service is very good and they have helped me with the basic tasks. I have to dedicate 1 more year to it, for sure,
