9 Tools you must master to excel as a DevOps Engineer
Tags: devops, developer, devjournal, programming
Published: 2023-02-09 02:32:00

As a DevOps engineer, tools are your best allies. 

9 Tools you must master to excel as a DevOps engineer (for free): 

## 1. Ansible:

A configuration management and application deployment tool.

It not only automates but also simplifies repetitive, complex and strenuous tasks and brings substantial time savings.

🔗 https://ansible.com


![Ansible](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dud197uyak33y3e3tezh.png)

## 2. Chef:

A configuration management and application deployment tool.

As a DevOps engineer, you will spend a lot of time deploying new services and applications. Chef is a powerful automation tool that can deploy, repair, update and manage servers.

🔗 https://chef.io


![Chef](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/d6tp7iwwxyfvfvq2bxsu.png)


## 3. Docker:

A containerization tool. 

It simplifies creating, deploying, packaging, and shipping applications along with necessary dependencies. It allows containers to run on the same hardware making efficient use of hardware resources.

🔗 https://docker.com


![Docker](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ct5kzhppivdr7uovli53.png)

## 4. Git:

A version control system (VCS) tool.

In most organizations, DevOps engineers own and operate the git repositories. So, to have meaningful discussions with teams, you should have good knowledge of GIT.

🔗 https://git-scm.com


![Git](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/9xzx7p01rcdm7k2s4dkj.png)

## 5. Jenkins:

A continuous integration (CI) tool.

CI is the most important part of DevOps that is used to integrate various DevOps stages. Jenkins is an open-source automation tool for CI. You use it to build, test, and deploy software projects.

🔗https://jenkins.io


![Jenkins](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/zk8z0r4vzpip7j5a0f6i.png)

## 6. Jira:

An agile team collaboration tool.

1000s of teams use Jira to plan and track their work through the development lifecycle stages. To be an effective DevOps knowing how Jira works is a must. It helps you to communicate in a team effectively.

🔗 https://atlassian.com/software/jira


![Jira](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/wrssxc72b3k0y82iiz9t.png)


## 7. Nagios:

A continuous monitoring tool.

It monitors your entire IT infrastructure to ensure systems, applications, services, and business processes are functioning properly. It is integral to the DevOps lifecycle.

🔗 https://nagios.org


![Nagios](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/jg793hhencksz1kyfhwp.png)


## 8. Puppet:

A configuration management and application deployment tool.

It is a system management tool similar to ansible, and chef that helps in automating and centralizing configuration management.

🔗 https://puppet.com


![Puppet](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/42a45s8ykg4863va9ahk.png)


## 9. Selenium:

A continuous testing (CT) tool.

It is one of the vastly used browser automation tools, and testing teams extensively use it in DevOps pipelines. It is one of the most effective ways to implement web UI testing in DevOps.

🔗 https://selenium.dev


![Selenium](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/8g2kagrshb3wad1zq5e9.png)


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