Linux DevOps Tools

Containers, orchestration, infrastructure as code, configuration management, CI/CD and monitoring.

DevOps tools help you build, deploy and run software reliably. This page covers what each tool does; follow each project's documentation to get started.

Part of the DevOps Engineer toolkit, which explains when you would use each tool.

Containers

Build and run container images.

Docker Desktop
Build and run container images.
FreemiumWin / Mac / Linux
Podman
Docker-compatible, daemonless containers.
Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux

Container orchestration

Manage containers across clusters.

kubectl
Manage Kubernetes clusters.
Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux
Helm
Package and install applications on Kubernetes.
Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux

Infrastructure as code

Describe servers, networks and cloud resources in version-controlled files.

Terraform
Infrastructure as code (Business Source Licence).
FreeWin / Mac / Linux
OpenTofu
Open-source fork of Terraform.
Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux

Configuration management

Automate the setup and configuration of systems.

Ansible
Agentless automation with YAML playbooks.
Open SourceMac / Linux

CI/CD

Automate pipelines from code change to deployment.

Jenkins
Self-hosted automation server.
Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux

Monitoring

Collect metrics and visualise them.

Prometheus
Metrics collection and alerting.
Open SourceLinux
Grafana
Dashboards for metrics and logs.
Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux

Version control

Keep configuration and code in version control.

Git
Keep code and configuration in version control.
Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux