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Don't Install Software by Hand
July-Aug. 2012 (vol. 29 no. 4)
pp. 86-87
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Diomidis Spinellis, "Don't Install Software by Hand," IEEE Software, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 86-87, July-Aug., 2012.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MS.2012.85,
author = {Diomidis Spinellis},
title = {Don't Install Software by Hand},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {29},
number = {4},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {2012},
pages = {86-87},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2012.85},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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Diomidis Spinellis, Athens University of Economics and Business
An IT system's setup and configuration affects developers mainly due to the proliferation and complexity of Internet-facing systems. Fortunately, we can control and conquer this complexity by adopting IT-system configuration management tools. By stipulating that all modifications to a system's configuration can only be performed through its configuration management system and by treating the system's rules as code, an organization ensures that the IT systems it delivers to its clients are not inscrutable monoliths that just happen to work but documented modular engines that work by design.
Index Terms:
CFEngine,IT-system configuration management,infrastructure as code,DevOps,Puppet,Chef
Citation:
Diomidis Spinellis, "Don't Install Software by Hand," IEEE Software, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 86-87, July-Aug. 2012, doi:10.1109/MS.2012.85
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