diff --git a/contributions/presentation/week5/sofiaedv-ludvigch/README.md b/contributions/presentation/week5/sofiaedv-ludvigch/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e88398abc0 --- /dev/null +++ b/contributions/presentation/week5/sofiaedv-ludvigch/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +# Assignment Proposal + +## Title + +_Saltstack: Grains, States and Pillars_ + +## Names and KTH ID + + - Sofia Edvardsson (sofiaedv@kth.se) + - Ludvig Christensen (ludvigch@kth.se) + +## Deadline + +- Week 5 + +## Category + +- Presentation + +## Description + +We aim to describe how grains, states, and pillars in Salt can be implemented to get infrastructure as code. +By describing the relation and different uses of these features a better understanding of how Salt works, and why it is an option for DevOps, can be acquired. +We will provide examples of how different configurations impact the overall structure of the infrastructure. +Finally we will discuss pros and cons of Saltstack compared to other similar automation frameworks. + +**Relevance** + +Since Saltstack is a technology used for configuration management and IT automation, among other things, it relates to DevOps. +Several of its features, which the presentation will describe and delve into, are using the infrastructure as code paradigm.