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Terminology

PixConf	Salt	Chef	Puppet	Ansible
resource	state	resource	resource	task
role	states	recipes	manifests	tasks
module	formula1	cookbook	module	playbooks
vars	pillars	databags	hiera	vars
secrets	pillars	vault in databugs	hiera-eyaml	ansible vault
seeds	grains	ohai	facter	facts

Configuration Language

Tool	Configuration Language	Suitable for	Template
PixConf		Developers	Jinja2
Salt	Python, YAML	Developers	Jinja2
Chef	Ruby DSL	Developers	ERB
Puppet	Ruby, Puppet DSL	System Administrators	ERB
Ansible	Python, YAML	System Administrators	Jinja2

Footnotes

1. formulas are more like 3rd party cookbooks in Chef, there doesn't seem to be an equivalent concept of packaging related states together unless they are meant to be shared externally. Unlike Chef cookbooks or Puppet modules, which it is standard to created for grouping resources even if packaging for distribution is not intended. ↩