Windows has by far the best solution to this since Windows Vista/2008 server. Full instance control provided by the OS, fully scriptable with powershell, desired state configuration (like ansible), clustering, logging, fully event driven i.e. can trigger on network/OS events with GUI, WMI, script and COM integration.
Genuinely wish someone knocked out something like this. systemd is part of the way there but not quite far enough.
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Windows has by far the best solution to this since Windows Vista/2008 server. Full instance control provided by the OS, fully scriptable with powershell, desired state configuration (like ansible), clustering, logging, fully event driven i.e. can trigger on network/OS events with GUI, WMI, script and COM integration.
Genuinely wish someone knocked out something like this. systemd is part of the way there but not quite far enough.
This is a multi-platform solution.