List of Server or Application Provisioning Tools

Provisioning

1. Eucalyptus – is an open-source software infrastructure for implementing “cloud computing” on clusters. The current interface to Eucalyptus is compatible with Amazon’s EC2, S3, and EBS interfaces
2. SystemImager – automates Linux installs, software distribution, and production deployment
3. Cobber – is a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environment
4. LinMin – Unattended, Remote, Native Operating System Installation for Servers, Blades, PCs & Virtual Machines

Application Configuration

1. Puppet – rovides a means to describe IT infrastructure as policy, execute that policy to build services then audit and enforce ongoing changes to the policy
2. CfEngine
3. OpenQRM focuses on automatic, rapid- and appliance-based deployment, monitoring, high-availability, cloud computing