Bcfg2 AlternativesServer Management Tools and other similar apps like Bcfg2

Bcfg2 is described as 'Helps system administrators produce a consistent, reproducible, and verifiable description of their environment, and offers visualization and reporting tools to aid in day-to-day administrative tasks' and is a server management tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Bcfg2 for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Bcfg2 alternative is Ansible, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Bcfg2 are Salt, Puppet, Rudder and Chef.

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Bcfg2 alternatives page was last updated Jul 1, 2020
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  1. Ansible icon

    Ansible

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    Ansible is a radically simple IT automation engine that automates cloud provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, intra-service orchestration, and many other IT needs.

    57 Ansible alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
    Architecture

    Ansible Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  SSH
    3.  Configuration Management
    4.  Configuration
    5.  Orchestration
    6.  Automated provisioning
    7.  Manage system configuration

    Ansible VS Bcfg2

     

    • Ansible is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Bcfg2.

    • Ansible is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Bcfg2.

    • Ansible is Freemium and Open SourceBcfg2 is Free and Open Source
  2. Salt icon

    Salt

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    Salt is a powerful remote execution manager that can be used to administer and provision servers in a fast and efficient way.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Salt screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Configuration Management

    Salt VS Bcfg2

     
  4. Puppet icon

    Puppet

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    Puppet Data Center Automation Solution helps you save time, gain visibility into your server environment, and ensure consistency across your IT infrastructure.

    46 Puppet alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Puppet screenshot 1

    Puppet VS Bcfg2

     

    • Puppet is the most popular Web-based alternative to Bcfg2.

    • Puppet is Freemium and Open SourceBcfg2 is Free and Open Source
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    Rudder

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    Rudder is a solution for automating your IT infrastructure to ensure security, reliability and compliance of your systems, whatever the OS. Gain instant visibility of IT compliance and benefit from continuous remediation to ensure an environment well configured and secured.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise
    • Self-Hosted
    • CentOS
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Slackware
    Dashboard

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Vulnerability management
    4.  Configuration Management
    5.  Patch Management

    Rudder VS Bcfg2

     

    • Rudder is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Bcfg2.

    • Rudder is the most popular commercial alternative to Bcfg2.

    • Rudder is Paid and Open SourceBcfg2 is Free and Open Source
    • Rudder is LightweightBcfg2 is not according to our users
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    Chef

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    Chef is an open source systems integration framework built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure. You write source code to describe how you want each part of your infrastructure to be built, then apply those descriptions to your servers.

    41 Chef alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Chef Features

    1.  Configuration Management

    Chef VS Bcfg2

     
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    CTO.ai

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    The CTO.ai platform allows you and your software development team to implement DevOps automations in minutes rather than days by runnings "Ops" in Slack and the CLI. Leverage a curated inventory of DevOps workflows to adopt int your development cycles.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Online
    CTO.ai screenshot 1

    CTO.ai Features

    1.  AWS Integration
    2.  Kubernetes

    CTO.ai VS Bcfg2

     
  9. Fabric icon

    Fabric

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    Fabric is a Python library and command-line tool for streamlining the use of SSH for application deployment or systems administration tasks.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Fabric Features

    1.  Configuration
    2.  Configuration Management
    3.  SSH

    Fabric VS Bcfg2

     
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    cdist

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    cdist is an alternative to other configuration management systems like cfengine, bcfg2, chef and puppet. But cdist ticks differently.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    cdist screenshot 1

    cdist Features

    1.  SSH

    cdist VS Bcfg2

     
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    RunDeck

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    RunDeck is an open source automation service with a web console, command line tools and a WebAPI. It lets you easily run automation tasks across a set of nodes.

    30 RunDeck alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    RunDeck screenshot 1

    RunDeck Features

    1.  Task Scheduling
    2.  Job scheduling
    3.  Configuration
    4.  Configuration Management

    RunDeck VS Bcfg2

     
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    Cobbler

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    Cobbler is a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments. It glues together and automates many associated Linux tasks so you do not have to hop between lots of various commands and applications when rolling out new systems, and, in...

    21 Cobbler alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Cobbler screenshot 1

    Cobbler Features

    1.  Auto-installer
    2.  PXE
    3.  Server Monitoring

    Cobbler VS Bcfg2

     
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    munki

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    munki is a set of tools that, used together with a webserver-based repository of packages and package metadata, can be used by OS X administrators to manage software installs (and in many cases removals) on OS X client machines.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    munki Features

    1.  Batch Uninstaller
    2.  Software Management

    munki VS Bcfg2

     
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    (R)?ex

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    (R)?ex - manage all your boxes from a central point - Datacenter Automation and Configuration Management

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    (R)?ex Features

    1.  Configuration Management
    2.  Software Deployment
    3.  Configuration
    4.  SSH

    (R)?ex VS Bcfg2

     
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