A company must introduce a scalable network automation tool to deploy, configure, and manage thousands of network devices and servers. The company servers already have been security-hardened and must not have any additional software installed on them. The security policy mandates the use of a secure communication protocol that supports authentication and encryption for managing the servers.
Which two automation tools must be used to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)
Ansible is a suitable choice because it is agentless and relies on SSH for secure communication, adhering to the company's security policy of not installing additional software and requiring secure protocols. Puppet is also a viable choice as it offers an agentless mode through Puppet Bolt, which can manage devices using SSH without requiring an agent to be installed on the managed servers.
If no additional software can be installed, then A&C are the only possible options. SaltStack has a hybrid mode, where an agent isn't required.
Agree with Rick, both are agentless and use protocols such as SSH for secure communication
First of all Ansible has an Agentless architecture. They do not need any agent at the remote managed device. With this arhitecture, many Cisco devices support Ansible. Chef has an Agent Based Architecture while Puppet has both of them.