Question

What are the principles that are basic for an effective configuration management?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Automate where automation is possible.

2. Provide traceability within the enterprise.

3. Provide developers, QA, operations, and management with a reproducible infrastructure that is managed through software-development best practices.

4. Develop a strategy for how new hardware will be provisioned and configured (in an automated way).

5. Manage hardware configurations effectively and with strategy.

6. Develop mechanisms that provide a self-service model for deploying infrastructure changes.

7. Educate the organization on Configuration Management practices.