In this chapter, we covered the different problems that businesses face when it comes to maintaining their infrastructures. We went through different technologies such as IaC and centralized system management. We went through the different methods whereby IaC pushes or pulls changes into managed systems and learned about several applications that leverage IaC.
We also discussed what Salt is and its different components that help us achieve a centralized managed infrastructure.
In the next chapter, we will learn how to design a Salt solution and install the software.
