Configuration/Management

• Configuration management is the practice of systematically handling changes to a system's configuration to maintain integrity over time.
  • In a developer context, this often refers to managing dotfiles and other settings across machines and Environments.

  • Approaches

    • Dotfiles repositories — versioning configuration files in a dotfile/dotfiles repo using source/control/management tools like git
    • Dedicated tools — tools like chezmoi that manage dotfiles across multiple machines with templating support
    • Infrastructure as Code — tools like Ansible, Puppet, and Chef that manage configuration at scale

  • Related

    • Version/Control
    • Repository