Prospective User Pat

"I need you to show me how Salt could be better than our existing tech stack."

Is exploring configuration management tools for the first time or wants to improve their existing tooling.
Likely has experience with another automation and configuration management framework such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
Approaches Salt from the perspective of a new user with prior knowledge of other tools.

Discover how Salt can solve their organization's specific challenges and pain points.
Compare Salt to the tool they are already familiar with, identifying strengths and weaknesses of Salt compared to Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
Learn how they can apply and extend their knowledge from their previous configuration management tools to Salt.
Make informed decisions and optimize IT infrastructure management processes.
Learn about how the Salt framework for automation and orchestration differs from their previous experience.

Flexibility for efficient infrastructure scaling and seamless adaptation to evolving business needs.
Advanced orchestration capabilities to manage complex workflows and ensure efficient task execution.
Quicker and more customizable automation to streamline repetitive tasks and configurations with greater speed and precision.
Remote execution for workflows, enabling team members to manage systems from a distance effectively.
The ability to easily migrate or use their existing workflows in Salt with minimal disruption to services.
Ease of learning Salt and onboarding additional teams and stakeholders.
Keeping costs and effort low.

Steeper learning curve when transitioning to Salt compared to Ansible in the early stages of adoption.
Translating Ansible knowledge to Salt concepts, especially concerning the use of agents.
More components to secure compared to Ansible's agentless architecture.
Absence of backward compatibility, potentially impacting the ability to seamlessly integrate existing infrastructure with Salt.

Creating a score card comparing Salt to similar technologies based on business requirements.
Making a business case for one technology or another for a key stakeholder or decision maker.

Windows systems administration skills.
Linux/Unix administration skills.
Ability to write and use shell scripts.
Expertise in networking protocols for configuring network settings, firewalls, and connectivity.
Python and possibly additional languages (C#, Ruby, Pearl, and more).
Containerization tools like Docker or Kubernetes.
Version control tools like Git.
Command line interfaces.