| Definition |
Configuration Management is the disciplined process of identifying, controlling, documenting, and reviewing system settings, software versions, and operational baselines.
Configuration Management is a DevOps infrastructure-automation concept used to define, provision, configure, or enforce environments through repeatable code or policy.
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| Context & Usage |
Configuration Management gives security, IT, compliance, and business teams a shared term for discussing protection, accountability, and operational risk.
Quality leads, reviewers, and project teams use this concept when defining acceptance expectations, evaluating deliverables, and improving project processes.
Related concepts include Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Defect, Inspection, Root Cause Analysis and Continuous Improvement.
Platform, cloud, and operations teams use this concept to reduce manual configuration, prevent drift, and make environments reproducible.
Related concepts include DevOps, Infrastructure as Code and GitOps.
Additional Resource: OpenGitOps Principles.
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| Categories |
Technical Writing and Documentation, Knowledge Management and Content Governance, Software Development and Programming, Web, Database, Cloud, and DevOps Technologies, Cybersecurity, Compliance, and Access Management
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