- It is a configuration management service
- Helps you configure and operate applications in a cloud enterprise by using Chef.
- There are 2 variants: AWS OpsWorks Stacks and AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate.
AWS OpsWorks Stacks
- It provides a simple and flexible way to create and manage stacks and applications.
- Deploy and monitor applications in your stacks.
- It does not require or create Chef servers;
- Performs some of the work of a Chef server for you.
- Monitors instance health, and provisions new instances for you, when necessary, by using Auto Healing and Auto Scaling.
AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate
- Create AWS-managed Chef servers that include Chef Automate premium features
- Use the Chef DK and other Chef tooling to manage them
- Manages both Chef Automate Server and Chef Server software on a single instance.
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