Configuration Management System

A Configuration Management System is a management system that can perform system configuration tasks.

• AKA: CMS.
• Context:
  • It can perform task usually performed by a system administrator.
  • It can support server configuration.
  • It can support Orchestration
  • It can support Infrastructure as Code
• Example(s):
  • Puppet CMS.
  • Chef CMS.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Development Environment.
  • a Issue Tracking System.
  • a Requirements Management System.
  • a Build Automation System.
• See: Software Program, Systems Engineering, Complex Information System, ITIL, Domain Model.

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References

2016

• http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_configuration_management_software
  • QUOTE: This is a comparison of notable free and open source configuration management software, suitable for tasks like server configuration, Orchestration and Infrastructure as Code typically performed by a system administrator.

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/configuration_management Retrieved:2014-2-24.
  • Configuration management (CM) is a systems engineering process for establishing and maintaining consistency of a product's performance, functional and physical attributes with its requirements, design and operational information throughout its life. The CM process is widely used by military engineering organizations to manage complex systems, such as weapon systems, vehicles, and information systems. Outside the military, the CM process is also used with IT service management as defined by ITIL, resp. ISO/IEC 20000, and with other domain models in the civil engineering and other industrial engineering segments such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.

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