We were using the tool for managing Kubernetes.
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The product has an old technology, though it is useful for automating processes
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The product is useful for automating processes.
What needs improvement?
I did not like the solution. It is an old technology. Compared to Ansible, it just doesn't hold up because we need to deploy a client to each of the services we need to manage, which makes the automation much harder.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The tool was fairly stable.
How was the initial setup?
The product was deployed on the cloud.
What other advice do I have?
I would not recommend the solution to others. It depends entirely on how someone’s system is made, but still, I would probably suggest something else entirely. Overall, I rate the tool a four or five out of ten.
Exective chef at a university
What do you like best about the product?
Being able to feed people with simpe ingrednts
What do you dislike about the product?
At times the lack of knowdgle of the time it takes to make a dish
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Meeting food cost
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Not at this time
Powerful tool but difficult to get started with
What do you like best about the product?
Simplifies bootstrapping fleets of servers and managing required packages. Allows developers to build upon a library of packages from other developers so they don't need to start at the basics from scratch and can more quickly and easily start on the parts that really matter
What do you dislike about the product?
Very difficult and time consuming to set up and get started with; large learning curve; compatibility issues with little to no documentation
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automating deployments, versioning deployment code, granular user permissions, scalable and highly available infrastructure and applications
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Consider as a possible solution for your DevOps build but also consider other tools like Ansible. You may very quickly become dependent on Chef once you implement it so make sure you like it and it meets your needs first. Team members with previous experience will be a huge plus to overcome the initial learning curve and setup time.
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