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A comparison of resource utilization and deployment time for open-source software deployment tools
University of Skövde, School of Informatics.
2017 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 15 credits / 22,5 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The purpose of this study is to compare the software deployment tools Ansible, Chef and SaltStackregarding deployment time and their respective resource utilization, and the findings of this studyare also compared to the previous works of Benson et al. (2016), which also studied deploymenttime. However, there is no previous research which mentions resource utilization, which is equallyimportant. The study consists of an experiment performed in one of the laboratory rooms at theUniversity of Skövde where all three software deployment tools are configured to deploy a setamount of packages to three hosts each.By measuring deployment time with the most stable releases (as of 2017-04-22) for each softwaredeployment tool, as well as resource utilization for each host and server, this study may assist systemadministrators to make more informed decisions when deciding which application to use to managetheir computers and infrastructure.The results of the study show that Chef is the fastest software deployment tool in terms ofdeployment time. Chef is also shown to be the most optimized application, as its usage of resourcesis better than both Ansible and SaltStack.

Abstract [sv]

Syftet med denna studie är att studera och jämföra fjärrinstallationsprogrammen Ansible, Chef ochSaltStack gällande den tid det att installera en mängd program på ett antal klienter, och derasrespektive resursutnyttjande. Resultaten från denna studie jämförs även med tidigare studier avBenson et al. (2016), som också studerat tidsåtgången för Ansible, Chef och SaltStack. Det finnsemellertid ingen tidigare forskning som nämner resursutnyttjande, vilket är lika viktigt. Studienbestår av ett experiment som utförs i ett av laboratorierna vid Högskolan i Skövde där alla treprogram konfigureras och användes för att installera en viss mängd paket till tre klientdatorervardera.Genom att mäta tiden det tar för varje program med de senaste stabila utgåvorna (2017-04-22),samt resursutnyttjandet för varje klientdator och server, kan systemadministratörer läsa dennastudie för att fatta mer informerade beslut när de bestämmer vilken applikation som ska användasför att hantera deras datorer och infrastruktur.Resultaten av studien visar att Chef är det snabbaste fjärrinstallationsprogrammet för att installerapaket på klienter. Chef visar sig också vara den mest optimerade applikationen, eftersom dessresursutnyttjande är bättre än både Ansible och SaltStack.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. , p. 36
Keywords [en]
Software Deployment Tools, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack
Keywords [sv]
Fjärrinstallationsprogram, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack
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Computer Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-13874OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-13874DiVA, id: diva2:1117279
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Informationsteknologi
Educational program
Network and Systems Administration
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Available from: 2017-06-29 Created: 2017-06-28 Last updated: 2018-01-13Bibliographically approved

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