This is one of the common DevOps interview questions. What is the
difference between Ansible and Terraform? When will you choose Ansible over Terraform?
| Factor | Ansible | Terraform |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Configuration mgmt |
Provisioning |
| Infrastructure | mutable | Immutable |
| Language | Procedural | Declarative |
| Written in | Python | Go |
| Architecture | client only |
client only |
| State Management |
No |
Yes |
| Cloud |
All |
All |
| Syntax | YAML |
JSON |
| UI/CLI | Has both UI(Ansible Tower) and CLI |
only CLI based |
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