Term · Topic

Configuration Management

Q: What is Configuration Management?

Configuration management is the discipline, process, and tooling that establish and maintain consistent, documented states for hardware, software, services, and documentation across their lifecycle, including controlled change, tracking, and verification activities. Expanded Explanation 1. Technical Function and Core Characteristics Configuration management identifies, documents, and controls configuration items, such as software components, infrastructure assets, and related artifacts. It

Q: How widely is Configuration Management used?

1,282 organizations in our directory are tagged Configuration Management, referenced across 8 articles and 45 open source projects.

Q: What is Configuration Management most closely associated with?

Configuration Management is most closely associated with Monitoring and Visibility.

Configuration management is a formal process and toolset for defining, controlling, and tracking the configuration of systems and assets over time so enterprises can maintain consistency, support operations and security, and demonstrate compliance with policies and standards.

8 articles
6 companies
Most covered: Aviz Networks, Sonic, Itential

What this term record gives an agent

Vendors describe the same technology in different words. This record pins down what "Configuration Management" means and ties it to the companies and coverage that use it, so an agent compares like with like.

One definition

A plain definition plus how it's used, what it's often confused with and why it matters.

Who's in this area

6 companies that coverage ties to the term, listed by how often, each linked to its own record.

Neighboring terms

Related terms in the same glossary, so an agent can widen or narrow a search the way the market does.

Get this term

The same record, four ways in. No key needed to try it.

MCP

curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"configuration-management"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

REST

GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/b6fca62e-3dd3-4bf0-b2fe-10b47d49af6a

CLI

di get-glossary --slug configuration-management

JSON-LD

The schema.org markup this page publishes for search engines and AI agents, exactly as they read it.

[
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#website",
    "@type": "WebSite",
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "potentialAction": {
      "@type": "SearchAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://decisioninsights.ai/search/?q={search_term_string}&submit=1"
      }
    },
    "publisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    },
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization",
    "@type": "Organization",
    "contactPoint": {
      "@type": "ContactPoint",
      "contactType": "customer support",
      "email": "[email protected]"
    },
    "description": "Decision Insights is a Registry of technology companies, open source projects, and industry terms, built for people and for AI agents that need sourced, structured information.",
    "legalName": "Wiretap Labs, LLC",
    "logo": {
      "@type": "ImageObject",
      "url": "https://wiretap-cdn-assets.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/decision-insights/[email protected]"
    },
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "parentOrganization": {
      "@type": "Organization",
      "name": "Wiretap Labs",
      "sameAs": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiretap-labs",
        "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wiretap-labs"
      ],
      "url": "https://wiretaplabs.com"
    },
    "publishingPrinciples": "https://decisioninsights.ai/standards/",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/company/decisioninsights"
    ],
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
    "itemListElement": [
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai",
        "name": "Decision Insights",
        "position": 1
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/",
        "name": "Glossary",
        "position": 2
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management/",
        "name": "Configuration Management",
        "position": 3
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management/#definedterm",
    "@type": "DefinedTerm",
    "additionalProperty": [
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Articles mentioning this entity",
        "value": 8
      },
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Open source projects",
        "value": 45
      },
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Organizations tagged",
        "value": 1282
      },
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Organizations",
        "propertyID": "https://decisioninsights.ai/ns#taggedOrganizations",
        "value": [
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/31173-services/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/31173-services/",
            "name": "31173 Services"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3cis/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3cis/",
            "name": "3CIS"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3nt/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3nt/",
            "name": "3NT"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3r-solution/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3r-solution/",
            "name": "3R Solution"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3w-infra/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3w-infra/",
            "name": "3W Infra"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/4spiro-inovation-to-exceed/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/4spiro-inovation-to-exceed/",
            "name": "4Spiro – Inovation To Exceed"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/5g-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/5g-networks/",
            "name": "5G Networks"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/5-net/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/5-net/",
            "name": "5 Net"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/6scan/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/6scan/",
            "name": "6Scan"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/702netops/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/702netops/",
            "name": "702 NetOps"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/7lan/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/7lan/",
            "name": "7lan"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/a1networkbd/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/a1networkbd/",
            "name": "A1 Network BD"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/a1nx/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/a1nx/",
            "name": "A1NX"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/a3le/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/a3le/",
            "name": "A3LE"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aarna-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aarna-networks/",
            "name": "Aarna Networks"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/abnet/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/abnet/",
            "name": "ABNET"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/accel-technology-corporation/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/accel-technology-corporation/",
            "name": "ACCEL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/acebrowse/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/acebrowse/",
            "name": "Acebrowse"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/ace-micro-services/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/ace-micro-services/",
            "name": "Ace Micro Services"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/achnet/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/achnet/",
            "name": "ACHNet"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Related terms",
        "valueReference": [
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management-tool/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management-tool/",
            "name": "Configuration Management Tool"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/cloud-configuration-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/cloud-configuration-management/",
            "name": "cloud configuration management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/device-configuration-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/device-configuration-management/",
            "name": "Device Configuration Management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/change-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/change-management/",
            "name": "Change Management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/network-change-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/network-change-management/",
            "name": "Network Change Management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/change-control/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/change-control/",
            "name": "Change Control"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/automated-change-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/automated-change-management/",
            "name": "Automated Change Management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/credential-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/credential-management/",
            "name": "Credential Management"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Related terms (co-occurring topics)",
        "valueReference": [
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/monitoring/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/monitoring/",
            "name": "Monitoring"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/visibility/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/visibility/",
            "name": "Visibility"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-infrastructure/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-infrastructure/",
            "name": "AI infrastructure"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/compliance/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/compliance/",
            "name": "Compliance"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-center/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-center/",
            "name": "Data Center"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/netops/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/netops/",
            "name": "NetOps"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/network-operator/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/network-operator/",
            "name": "Network Operator"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/normalization/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/normalization/",
            "name": "Normalization"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/automation/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/automation/",
            "name": "Automation"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/cybersecurity/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/cybersecurity/",
            "name": "Cybersecurity"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/orchestration/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/orchestration/",
            "name": "Orchestration"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/quality-of-service/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/quality-of-service/",
            "name": "Quality of Service"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/real-time-monitoring/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/real-time-monitoring/",
            "name": "Real-Time Monitoring"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/telemetry/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/telemetry/",
            "name": "Telemetry"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-artificial-intelligence/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-artificial-intelligence/",
            "name": "Artificial Intelligence"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/border-gateway-protocol-bgp/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/border-gateway-protocol-bgp/",
            "name": "Border Gateway Protocol"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/central-processing-unit-cpu/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/central-processing-unit-cpu/",
            "name": "Central Processing Unit"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/change-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/change-management/",
            "name": "Change Management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/components/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/components/",
            "name": "Components"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/direct-memory-access-dma/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/direct-memory-access-dma/",
            "name": "Direct Memory Access"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/enterprise/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/enterprise/",
            "name": "Enterprise"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/fabric/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/fabric/",
            "name": "Fabric"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/fault-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/fault-management/",
            "name": "Fault Management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/golden-configuration/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/golden-configuration/",
            "name": "golden configuration"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/gpu/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/gpu/",
            "name": "Graphics Processing Unit"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/machine-learning-ml/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/machine-learning-ml/",
            "name": "Machine Learning"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/machine-learning-operations-mlops/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/machine-learning-operations-mlops/",
            "name": "Machine Learning Operations"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/networking/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/networking/",
            "name": "Networking"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/network-visibility/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/network-visibility/",
            "name": "Network Visibility"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/nonvolatile-memory-express-nvme/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/nonvolatile-memory-express-nvme/",
            "name": "Non-volatile Memory Express"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/open-source/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/open-source/",
            "name": "Open Source"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/operating-system/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/operating-system/",
            "name": "Operating System"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/outages/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/outages/",
            "name": "Outages"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/protocol/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/protocol/",
            "name": "Protocol"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/rdma-over-converged-ethernet-roce/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/rdma-over-converged-ethernet-roce/",
            "name": "RDMA over Converged Ethernet"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/root-cause-analysis-rca/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/root-cause-analysis-rca/",
            "name": "Root Cause Analysis"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/service-level-agreements-slas/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/service-level-agreements-slas/",
            "name": "Service Level Agreements"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "description": "Configuration management is a formal process and toolset for defining, controlling, and tracking the configuration of systems and assets over time so enterprises can maintain consistency, support operations and security, and demonstrate compliance with policies and standards.",
    "inDefinedTermSet": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/#termset",
      "@type": "DefinedTermSet",
      "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/"
    },
    "name": "Configuration Management",
    "subjectOf": [
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-networks-ones-guide-details-network-visibility-and-telemetry/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Aviz Networks’ ONES guide details network visibility and telemetry",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/guide/avizs-ones-your-essential-guide-to-open-networking-enterprise-suite"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-networks-ones-guide-details-network-visibility-and-telemetry/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-networks-details-how-to-normalize-sonic-for-multi-vendor-networks/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Aviz Networks details how to normalize SONiC for multi-vendor networks",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/resources/blogs/why-normalizing-sonic-for-multi-vendor-network-infrastructure-is-important-and-how-to-do-it"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-networks-details-how-to-normalize-sonic-for-multi-vendor-networks/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/nexus-3.1-details-netops-config-editor-with-live-console-logging/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Nexus 3.1 details NetOps Config Editor with live console logging",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/resources/blogs/day-2-made-easy-simplify-config-editor-seamless-comparison"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/nexus-3.1-details-netops-config-editor-with-live-console-logging/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-details-monitoring-capabilities-for-nvidia-spectrum-x-and-cumulus-linux-environments/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Aviz details monitoring capabilities for NVIDIA Spectrum-X and Cumulus Linux environments",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "author": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Neekshitha dyasani"
          },
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/resources/blogs/is-your-spectrum-x-network-truly-visible-end-to-end"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-details-monitoring-capabilities-for-nvidia-spectrum-x-and-cumulus-linux-environments/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-networks-discusses-the-benefits-of-normalizing-sonic-in-multi-vendor-networks/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Aviz Networks Discusses the Benefits of Normalizing SONiC in Multi-Vendor Networks",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "author": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Aviz Team"
          },
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/resources/blogs/why-normalizing-sonic-for-multi-vendor-network-infrastructure-is-important-and-how-to-do-it"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-networks-discusses-the-benefits-of-normalizing-sonic-in-multi-vendor-networks/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/organizations-benefit-from-normalizing-sonic-in-multi-vendor-networks/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Organizations Benefit from Normalizing SONiC in Multi-Vendor Networks",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "author": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Aviz Team"
          },
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/resources/blogs/why-normalizing-sonic-for-multi-vendor-network-infrastructure-is-important-and-how-to-do-it"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/organizations-benefit-from-normalizing-sonic-in-multi-vendor-networks/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-ones-enhances-netops-support-frameworks-for-networks/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Aviz ONES enhances NetOps Support Frameworks for networks",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "author": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "arakkal kanju"
          },
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/resources/blogs/power-up-your-netops-support-framework-for-sres-with-ones-innovation"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-ones-enhances-netops-support-frameworks-for-networks/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/itential-automates-compliance-challenges-in-hybrid-infrastructure/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Itential automates compliance challenges in hybrid infrastructure",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/itential/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/itential/",
            "name": "Itential"
          },
          "url": "https://www.itential.com/blog/company/configuration-management/audit-anxiety-to-automated-assurance-solving-real-world-configuration-challenges-with-itential/"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/itential-automates-compliance-challenges-in-hybrid-infrastructure/"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management/"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management/",
    "@type": "CollectionPage",
    "dateModified": "2026-08-24T02:00:56Z",
    "description": "Configuration management is a formal process and toolset for defining, controlling, and tracking the configuration of systems and assets over time so enterprises can maintain consistency, support operations and security, and demonstrate compliance with policies and standards.",
    "isPartOf": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#website"
    },
    "mainEntity": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management/#definedterm"
    },
    "name": "Configuration Management",
    "sdDatePublished": "2026-08-24",
    "sdPublisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    },
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management/"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "FAQPage",
    "mainEntity": [
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "Configuration management is the discipline, process, and tooling that establish and maintain consistent, documented states for hardware, software, services, and documentation across their lifecycle, including controlled change, tracking, and verification activities.\nExpanded Explanation\n1. Technical Function and Core Characteristics\nConfiguration management identifies, documents, and controls configuration items, such as software components, infrastructure assets, and related artifacts. It"
        },
        "name": "What is Configuration Management?"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "1,282 organizations in our directory are tagged Configuration Management, referenced across 8 articles and 45 open source projects."
        },
        "name": "How widely is Configuration Management used?"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "Configuration Management is most closely associated with Monitoring and Visibility."
        },
        "name": "What is Configuration Management most closely associated with?"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Is this your company? Get structured data for your own pages

The CLI command and the REST call for this record need a free account: run di login, or send your OAuth token. Over MCP it is free with none.

Connect your agent (MCP) REST API and CLI docs

How an agent can rely on this definition

What the record lets an agent check before it uses the term in an answer.

The check	What the record shows	Where it is in the data
It's a known term	One entry, with its type (topic)	`name`
It's in real use	8 articles tag it; 6 companies are tied to it	`subjectOf`
It sits in a glossary	Linked to Configuration Management Tool, cloud configuration management, Device Configuration Management, Change Management	`inDefinedTermSet`

View the raw record (JSON-LD)

[
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#website",
    "@type": "WebSite",
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "potentialAction": {
      "@type": "SearchAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://decisioninsights.ai/search/?q={search_term_string}&submit=1"
      }
    },
    "publisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    },
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization",
    "@type": "Organization",
    "contactPoint": {
      "@type": "ContactPoint",
      "contactType": "customer support",
      "email": "[email protected]"
    },
    "description": "Decision Insights is a Registry of technology companies, open source projects, and industry terms, built for people and for AI agents that need sourced, structured information.",
    "legalName": "Wiretap Labs, LLC",
    "logo": {
      "@type": "ImageObject",
      "url": "https://wiretap-cdn-assets.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/decision-insights/[email protected]"
    },
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "parentOrganization": {
      "@type": "Organization",
      "name": "Wiretap Labs",
      "sameAs": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiretap-labs",
        "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wiretap-labs"
      ],
      "url": "https://wiretaplabs.com"
    },
    "publishingPrinciples": "https://decisioninsights.ai/standards/",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/company/decisioninsights"
    ],
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
    "itemListElement": [
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai",
        "name": "Decision Insights",
        "position": 1
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/",
        "name": "Glossary",
        "position": 2
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management/",
        "name": "Configuration Management",
        "position": 3
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management/#definedterm",
    "@type": "DefinedTerm",
    "additionalProperty": [
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Articles mentioning this entity",
        "value": 8
      },
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Open source projects",
        "value": 45
      },
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Organizations tagged",
        "value": 1282
      },
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Organizations",
        "propertyID": "https://decisioninsights.ai/ns#taggedOrganizations",
        "value": [
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/31173-services/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/31173-services/",
            "name": "31173 Services"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3cis/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3cis/",
            "name": "3CIS"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3nt/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3nt/",
            "name": "3NT"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3r-solution/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3r-solution/",
            "name": "3R Solution"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3w-infra/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/3w-infra/",
            "name": "3W Infra"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/4spiro-inovation-to-exceed/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/4spiro-inovation-to-exceed/",
            "name": "4Spiro – Inovation To Exceed"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/5g-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/5g-networks/",
            "name": "5G Networks"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/5-net/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/5-net/",
            "name": "5 Net"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/6scan/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/6scan/",
            "name": "6Scan"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/702netops/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/702netops/",
            "name": "702 NetOps"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/7lan/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/7lan/",
            "name": "7lan"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/a1networkbd/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/a1networkbd/",
            "name": "A1 Network BD"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/a1nx/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/a1nx/",
            "name": "A1NX"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/a3le/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/a3le/",
            "name": "A3LE"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aarna-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aarna-networks/",
            "name": "Aarna Networks"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/abnet/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/abnet/",
            "name": "ABNET"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/accel-technology-corporation/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/accel-technology-corporation/",
            "name": "ACCEL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/acebrowse/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/acebrowse/",
            "name": "Acebrowse"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/ace-micro-services/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/ace-micro-services/",
            "name": "Ace Micro Services"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/achnet/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/achnet/",
            "name": "ACHNet"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Related terms",
        "valueReference": [
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management-tool/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management-tool/",
            "name": "Configuration Management Tool"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/cloud-configuration-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/cloud-configuration-management/",
            "name": "cloud configuration management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/device-configuration-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/device-configuration-management/",
            "name": "Device Configuration Management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/change-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/change-management/",
            "name": "Change Management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/network-change-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/network-change-management/",
            "name": "Network Change Management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/change-control/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/change-control/",
            "name": "Change Control"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/automated-change-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/automated-change-management/",
            "name": "Automated Change Management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/credential-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/credential-management/",
            "name": "Credential Management"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Related terms (co-occurring topics)",
        "valueReference": [
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/monitoring/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/monitoring/",
            "name": "Monitoring"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/visibility/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/visibility/",
            "name": "Visibility"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-infrastructure/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-infrastructure/",
            "name": "AI infrastructure"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/compliance/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/compliance/",
            "name": "Compliance"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-center/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-center/",
            "name": "Data Center"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/netops/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/netops/",
            "name": "NetOps"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/network-operator/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/network-operator/",
            "name": "Network Operator"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/normalization/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/normalization/",
            "name": "Normalization"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/automation/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/automation/",
            "name": "Automation"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/cybersecurity/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/cybersecurity/",
            "name": "Cybersecurity"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/orchestration/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/orchestration/",
            "name": "Orchestration"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/quality-of-service/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/quality-of-service/",
            "name": "Quality of Service"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/real-time-monitoring/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/real-time-monitoring/",
            "name": "Real-Time Monitoring"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/telemetry/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/telemetry/",
            "name": "Telemetry"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-artificial-intelligence/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-artificial-intelligence/",
            "name": "Artificial Intelligence"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/border-gateway-protocol-bgp/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/border-gateway-protocol-bgp/",
            "name": "Border Gateway Protocol"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/central-processing-unit-cpu/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/central-processing-unit-cpu/",
            "name": "Central Processing Unit"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/change-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/change-management/",
            "name": "Change Management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/components/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/components/",
            "name": "Components"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/direct-memory-access-dma/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/direct-memory-access-dma/",
            "name": "Direct Memory Access"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/enterprise/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/enterprise/",
            "name": "Enterprise"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/fabric/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/fabric/",
            "name": "Fabric"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/fault-management/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/fault-management/",
            "name": "Fault Management"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/golden-configuration/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/golden-configuration/",
            "name": "golden configuration"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/gpu/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/gpu/",
            "name": "Graphics Processing Unit"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/machine-learning-ml/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/machine-learning-ml/",
            "name": "Machine Learning"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/machine-learning-operations-mlops/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/machine-learning-operations-mlops/",
            "name": "Machine Learning Operations"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/networking/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/networking/",
            "name": "Networking"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/network-visibility/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/network-visibility/",
            "name": "Network Visibility"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/nonvolatile-memory-express-nvme/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/nonvolatile-memory-express-nvme/",
            "name": "Non-volatile Memory Express"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/open-source/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/open-source/",
            "name": "Open Source"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/operating-system/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/operating-system/",
            "name": "Operating System"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/outages/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/outages/",
            "name": "Outages"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/protocol/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/protocol/",
            "name": "Protocol"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/rdma-over-converged-ethernet-roce/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/rdma-over-converged-ethernet-roce/",
            "name": "RDMA over Converged Ethernet"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/root-cause-analysis-rca/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/root-cause-analysis-rca/",
            "name": "Root Cause Analysis"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/service-level-agreements-slas/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/service-level-agreements-slas/",
            "name": "Service Level Agreements"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "description": "Configuration management is a formal process and toolset for defining, controlling, and tracking the configuration of systems and assets over time so enterprises can maintain consistency, support operations and security, and demonstrate compliance with policies and standards.",
    "inDefinedTermSet": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/#termset",
      "@type": "DefinedTermSet",
      "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/"
    },
    "name": "Configuration Management",
    "subjectOf": [
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-networks-ones-guide-details-network-visibility-and-telemetry/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Aviz Networks’ ONES guide details network visibility and telemetry",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/guide/avizs-ones-your-essential-guide-to-open-networking-enterprise-suite"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-networks-ones-guide-details-network-visibility-and-telemetry/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-networks-details-how-to-normalize-sonic-for-multi-vendor-networks/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Aviz Networks details how to normalize SONiC for multi-vendor networks",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/resources/blogs/why-normalizing-sonic-for-multi-vendor-network-infrastructure-is-important-and-how-to-do-it"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-networks-details-how-to-normalize-sonic-for-multi-vendor-networks/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/nexus-3.1-details-netops-config-editor-with-live-console-logging/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Nexus 3.1 details NetOps Config Editor with live console logging",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/resources/blogs/day-2-made-easy-simplify-config-editor-seamless-comparison"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/nexus-3.1-details-netops-config-editor-with-live-console-logging/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-details-monitoring-capabilities-for-nvidia-spectrum-x-and-cumulus-linux-environments/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Aviz details monitoring capabilities for NVIDIA Spectrum-X and Cumulus Linux environments",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "author": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Neekshitha dyasani"
          },
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/resources/blogs/is-your-spectrum-x-network-truly-visible-end-to-end"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-details-monitoring-capabilities-for-nvidia-spectrum-x-and-cumulus-linux-environments/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-networks-discusses-the-benefits-of-normalizing-sonic-in-multi-vendor-networks/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Aviz Networks Discusses the Benefits of Normalizing SONiC in Multi-Vendor Networks",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "author": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Aviz Team"
          },
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/resources/blogs/why-normalizing-sonic-for-multi-vendor-network-infrastructure-is-important-and-how-to-do-it"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-networks-discusses-the-benefits-of-normalizing-sonic-in-multi-vendor-networks/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/organizations-benefit-from-normalizing-sonic-in-multi-vendor-networks/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Organizations Benefit from Normalizing SONiC in Multi-Vendor Networks",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "author": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Aviz Team"
          },
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/resources/blogs/why-normalizing-sonic-for-multi-vendor-network-infrastructure-is-important-and-how-to-do-it"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/organizations-benefit-from-normalizing-sonic-in-multi-vendor-networks/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-ones-enhances-netops-support-frameworks-for-networks/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Aviz ONES enhances NetOps Support Frameworks for networks",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "author": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "arakkal kanju"
          },
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/aviz-networks/",
            "name": "Aviz Networks"
          },
          "url": "https://aviznetworks.com/resources/blogs/power-up-your-netops-support-framework-for-sres-with-ones-innovation"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/aviz-ones-enhances-netops-support-frameworks-for-networks/"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/itential-automates-compliance-challenges-in-hybrid-infrastructure/#blogposting",
        "@type": "BlogPosting",
        "headline": "Itential automates compliance challenges in hybrid infrastructure",
        "isBasedOn": {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "sourceOrganization": {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/itential/#organization",
            "@type": "Organization",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/itential/",
            "name": "Itential"
          },
          "url": "https://www.itential.com/blog/company/configuration-management/audit-anxiety-to-automated-assurance-solving-real-world-configuration-challenges-with-itential/"
        },
        "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/itential-automates-compliance-challenges-in-hybrid-infrastructure/"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management/"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management/",
    "@type": "CollectionPage",
    "dateModified": "2026-08-24T02:00:56Z",
    "description": "Configuration management is a formal process and toolset for defining, controlling, and tracking the configuration of systems and assets over time so enterprises can maintain consistency, support operations and security, and demonstrate compliance with policies and standards.",
    "isPartOf": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#website"
    },
    "mainEntity": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management/#definedterm"
    },
    "name": "Configuration Management",
    "sdDatePublished": "2026-08-24",
    "sdPublisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    },
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/configuration-management/"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "FAQPage",
    "mainEntity": [
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "Configuration management is the discipline, process, and tooling that establish and maintain consistent, documented states for hardware, software, services, and documentation across their lifecycle, including controlled change, tracking, and verification activities.\nExpanded Explanation\n1. Technical Function and Core Characteristics\nConfiguration management identifies, documents, and controls configuration items, such as software components, infrastructure assets, and related artifacts. It"
        },
        "name": "What is Configuration Management?"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "1,282 organizations in our directory are tagged Configuration Management, referenced across 8 articles and 45 open source projects."
        },
        "name": "How widely is Configuration Management used?"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "Configuration Management is most closely associated with Monitoring and Visibility."
        },
        "name": "What is Configuration Management most closely associated with?"
      }
    ]
  }
]