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cdist vs inlets

A side-by-side look at cdist and inlets. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

cdist

cdist

System & Hardware

cdist is an open source configuration management tool written in Python. It allows system administrators to define the configuration of servers and deploy it to multiple machines in parallel. cdist works by running small scripts called 'manifests' on remote hosts.

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inlets

inlets

Network & Admin

Inlets is an open source cloud native tunnel written in Go that can expose internal services on public URLs or domains by tunneling traffic through a single endpoint server. It uses websockets and works well for exposing services securely without opening firewall ports.

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