open source

Puppet 6 Platform is out, which includes improvements in its security subsystems, new APIs for developers, and loads of bug fixes.

Learn how Bolt leverages existing Puppet content to get you started automating faster.

Billions of open source components go into modern applications, creating security vulnerabilities. How to monitor and review? You need automation.

Open Source Puppet 4 includes the new Puppet Collections: package repositories whose components are guaranteed to work together.

Production-ready Open Source Puppet 4 is now available, with enhancements to the Puppet language and a simple, streamlined installation experience with the all-in-one Puppet package.

New and enhanced Open Source Puppet 4! Check it out and learn how you can provide feedback from Eric Sorenson, Puppet Labs product owner.

Last time, on Module of the Week...

In a previous MOTW, I covered what problem this module solves and addressed a very simple workflow for using the module to manage VMware Tools.

This time, I'm going to dive into how the module is structured and explore some of the more advanced things you can do with it.

We're always looking to add awesome Puppet modules to the Puppet Forge. We often get requests for modules for stuff we aren't working on, but we know there are community members with tons of experience, or private modules covering the material. We're launching a contest to get these modules polished and published on the Puppet Forge. In short, we're hoping to generate interest in a few of our favorite tools.

Rules of the Contest

In May, we announced the Razor project with EMC. Even though the product is still in beta, we've seen an exciting amount of testing and adoption of the next generation provisioning system. In our initial release, we open sourced Razor and provided Puppet modules to install Razor on Ubuntu Precise. One of interesting aspect of Razor is the ability to discover hardware via in memory instance of Razor MicroKernel (Razor MK).

OSCON is fast approaching, and we'd like to welcome attendees back to Portland. Puppet Labs is among the companies representing Portland and Open Source again this year.