# OpsWorks (discontinued)

## Overview

* A configuration management service
* Help you automate: provisioning, configuration, management
* Keyword: `chef`

## Features

### Automation

### IaC

### Chef & Puppet

### Lifecycle events

### Monitoring & auto-healing

## Concepts

* Cookbook (Chef):
* Module (Puppet):&#x20;
* [Stack:](#concepts) must contain one or more layers.
* [Layer](#concepts): must contain atleast 1 instance.
* [Instance](#concepts): can be member of multiple layers.

## Trivia

* If you not familiar with Chef or Puppet, the learning curve is huge.
