Configuration Management

pyinfra – automates infrastructure

pyinfra automates infrastructure super fast at massive scale.

It can be used for ad-hoc command execution, service deployment, configuration management and more.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

  • Super fast execution over thousands of hosts with predictable performance.
  • Instant debugging with realtime stdin/stdout/stderr output (-vvv).
  • Idempotent operations that enable diffs and –dry runs before executing any changes.
  • Extendable with any Python package as configured & written in standard Python.
  • Agentless execution against SSH/Docker/subprocess/WinRM hosts.
  • Integrated with Docker, Terraform, Vagrant/Mech & Ansible out of the box.

Website: pyinfra.com
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Nick Barrett
License: MIT License

pyinfra is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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