Konfiguuratsiooni

Konfiguuratsiooni is the genitive form of the Estonian noun konfiguratsioon, which denotes configuration—the arrangement and settings of the components of a system. In general usage, a configuration describes how parts are organized to perform a task, whether in hardware, software, networks, or data structures. The concept covers both the physical layout and the parameter values that determine behavior or performance.

Etymology and form. The term originates from Latin configuratio, via French and English configuration, and has been adapted into Estonian with the productive -atsioon noun suffix. The standard nominative form in modern Estonian is konfiguratsioon; the genitive singular is konfiguratsiooni. Some older texts or informal spelling may show variants, but configuratsioon (without the extra i) is less common in current usage.

Applications. In technology, configuration refers to software configuration (settings, options, environment variables), hardware configuration (CPU, memory, storage, peripherals), and network configuration (addresses, routing, DNS). It also appears in system administration and infrastructure as code, where configurations are defined and managed to ensure consistent deployments. In mathematics and computer science, a configuration can describe a particular arrangement of objects that satisfies specific constraints, such as the placement of points in a plane.

Management and practices. Configuration management aims to maintain and reproduce the desired state of a system over time. Best practices include documenting configurations, storing them under version control, separating configuration from code, using templating, and employing automated deployment to achieve reproducibility and traceability.

See also: konfiguratsioon, konfiguratsioonifail, seadistused, infra­struktuuri haldus.