Configuration Management Day @ CfgMgmtCamp 2025
Held in Ghent 🇧🇪 as part of the legendary Configuration Management Camp, this year’s event spotlighted Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps culture, and automation leadership — with voices from across the open source spectrum.
Featured Presentation: Luca Berton at CfgMgmtCamp 2025
Automating AI-Powered Graph Databases with Ansible: A Neo4j GenAI Case Study
Luca Berton opened Configuration Management Day 2025 with a cutting-edge session focused on automating Neo4j-based GenAI environments using Ansible.
In this practical deep-dive, Luca demonstrated how Ansible can:
- Automate Neo4j Ops across cloud and hybrid environments
- Manage GenAI workloads and infrastructure orchestration efficiently
- Integrate event-driven automation into data pipelines
- Use callback plugins and inventories for performance tuning at scale
🎬 Video coming soon — stay tuned!
Why It Stands Out
- ✅ Focus on AI, DevOps & Ansible
- ✅ Presented by a recognized Ansible expert
- ✅ Covers a real-world use case (Neo4j GenAI automation)
- ✅ Featured at Configuration Management Camp 2025 in Ghent
Meeting Heather Thacker — Chef & Community Wisdom
“Chef is old”: the Relics of Evolution talk split Chef’s history into startup, growth and longevity.
Martin Alfke — DevOps & The Puppet Fork Explained
The Puppet community had its own slot in the main hall: a Vox Pupuli update covering what it is, who’s behind it, money and a three-year recap.
Ansible & Automation: Mihai Satmarean
The State of the Ansible Community 2025 talk: 2024 events, from FOSDEM and CfgMgmtCamp to 38 dedicated Ansible meetups in 13 cities.
DevOps Culture & Positive Psychology with James Freeman
James Freeman’s positive psychology talk at CfgMgmtCamp 2025, introducing Martin Seligman.
Around the Camp
CfgMgmtCamp fills the lecture halls at HOGENT’s Schoonmeersen campus in Ghent. Every room is packed with people who run infrastructure for a living.
“Relics of Evolution”: a look back at how Chef shaped configuration management.
“Secrets in Ansible”: the kind of practical session the Ansible track at CfgMgmtCamp is known for.
AI was on the main-stage programme as well. “An AI LeaderBoard (What did AI ever do for me?)” had models write Ansible, Puppet, Terraform and Bash, then checked whether the output ran.
“An AI LeaderBoard (What did AI ever do for me?)” on the big screen in the main hall.
“Does it Run?”: the generated content all deployed, with gaps, and the Bash column scored lowest.
The main hall ran a mix of tools and formats all morning:
Salt’s design idea: configuration management as a type of distributed computing, with salt-masters and salt-minions.
“GitLab unplugged: Real-Life Tips and Tales” from ATIX.
A talk on exiting ed rather than vim, with real ed commands on the slides.
The third day moved into smaller classrooms for hands-on sessions.
Wednesday’s workshop room: Chroma on the screen, InstructLab and IBM Granite links on the chalkboard.
Behind the Scenes: Speakers’ Dinner in Ghent
Full Playlist
What You’ll Learn
- Real-world DevOps and IaC success stories
- Insights from Chef, Puppet, and Ansible leaders
- Automation that scales across teams and tech stacks
- The human side of DevOps: collaboration, community, and culture
Whether you’re configuring servers or scaling automation across your org, CfgMgmtCamp 2025 proves once again: community drives innovation.
