• 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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