# AWS OpsWorks

### Overview

* Chef & Puppet helps you perform server configuration automatically, or repetitive actions
* They work great with EC2 & On-PremisesVM
* AWS OpsWorks = Managed Chef & Puppet
* It’s an alternative to AWS SSM
* Only provision standard AWS resources:

  • EC2 Instances, Databases, Load Balancers, EBS volumes...
* In the exam: Chef or Puppet needed => AWS OpsWorks

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### OpsWorks Architecture

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