Puppet
A configuration management and infrastructure automation tool that enforces the intended state of servers.
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About Puppet
Puppet automates the provisioning and configuration of servers. It keeps systems in the state you define and corrects drift, so large fleets can be managed from code rather than by hand.
Perforce offers Puppet Core, the core configuration management tool, and Puppet Enterprise, a wider IT operations platform that covers compliance, patching and CI/CD. The Puppet Forge hosts shared modules. It suits operations teams that manage many servers and need consistent, auditable configuration.
Strengths
- Enforces declared server state and corrects drift
- Puppet Forge library of shared modules
- Enterprise edition adds compliance and patching
Limitations
- Aimed at organisations rather than individuals
- Has its own configuration language to learn
Details
- Pricing
- PaidA commercial product from Perforce; prices are not listed on the homepage.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Perforce
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Operations teams managing configuration across many servers
- Categories
- Automation, IT administration
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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CFEngine
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CFEngine offers a lightweight agent for large fleets and a free Community edition, but has its own policy language and keeps the web UI in Enterprise.
Rudder
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