What is Mystix?
Mystix is an open-source configuration management and automation tool written in Python. It allows system administrators and DevOps engineers to easily manage the configuration of servers, networks, containers, and other infrastructure in a consistent and reproducible way.
Some key features of Mystix include:
- Declarative system definitions - Desired system state is defined in easy to read YAML format instead of scripts.
- Idempotent resource application - Resources can be applied multiple times without side effects.
- Agentless architecture - No agents needed to be installed on managed nodes.
- Strong multi-server and cross platform support - Supports Linux, Windows, networking gear, Docker, Kubernetes.
- Modular architecture and plugins - Extend core functionality with custom plugins.
- Multi datacenter and hybrid cloud aware - Manage infrastructure across on-prem and public clouds.
Mystix is often used for automating provisioning and configuration of development, testing, and production environments. It competes against tools like Ansible, Puppet, and Chef in the space of infrastructure automation and configuration management.