Which of the following automation and configuration management platforms are agentless and use SSH or WinRM as connection/control mechanisms.

Which of the following automation and configuration management platforms are agentless and use SSH or WinRM as connection/control mechanisms.

• Chef
• Ansible
• PepperStack
• Puppet

 

EXPLANATION

Additional links provided below:

• Puppet and Chef use agents installed on the node to communicate with the server.
• PepperStack is a fake name for SaltStack which is another agentless configuration management platform.
• Ansible uses agentless communication through SSH to control devices ranging from Linux servers to Cisco switches. It uses WinRM to communicate with Windows clients and servers.

SSH
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/intro_getting_started.html
WinRM
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/windows_winrm.html?highlight=winrm
Network Automation
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/index.html

SOURCE

https://www.gspann.com/resources/blogs/puppet-vs-chef-vs-ansible