Welcome!

Thank you for trying out Puppet Enterprise! We want to make sure you’ve got everything you need to stand up your trial and get automating. Use the tabs on the left to find installation instructions, first steps, and tips for getting the most out of your Puppet Enterprise trial.

Welcome Video + Overview

Watch the short video (<2 min.) below for your first steps.

First, a few reminders:

  • Your trial allows you to manage up to 10 nodes for free. There is no end date to your trial.
  • Puppet Enterprise installs on a Linux server. If you don't have a Linux server available, you'll need to provision one.
  • If you run into something not covered on this page, we're on hand to answer questions or help solve problems.
  • Want to manage more systems? Get in touch with our Pricing team to talk about upgrading your trial.

CONTACT US    PLANS + PRICING INFO

Download + Install

Note: Puppet Enterprise installs on a Linux server. This trial requires you to have a Linux server available.

Downloading + Installing Puppet Enterprise

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Download Puppet Enterprise for your platform

DOWNLOADS

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Install Puppet Enterprise

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS

Walkthrough: Install Your Trial in 15 Minutes

You can also take a free, on-demand course that explains how to install Puppet Enterprise Trial Edition on your system step-by-step.

(You'll need to create a free training account if you haven't already.)

TAKE COURSE

Getting Started

The PE Quickstart Guide covers everything from installing to adding nodes to managing configurations.

PE QUICKSTART GIUDE

Puppet Training helps you get off the ground or take your skills further. On-demand training is free to start.

PUPPET TRAINING

Upgrade Your Trial

There's much more waiting in the full edition of Puppet Enterprise.

  • Scale your managed infrastructure to hundreds of thousands of nodes and beyond
  • Get priority Support placement and 24/7 Support options
  • Drive new ROI with premium extensions like Comply, Compliance Enforcement, and CD4PE

REQUEST AN UPGRADE

Join the Community

Puppet is built on, by, and with a passionate community. The Puppet Community welcomes newcomers, drives innovation in Puppet products, and makes Puppet better with every idea, meetup, and commit.

The Puppet Slack Community helps newcomers and seasoned Puppeteers thrive, with topical chats, advice, and regular office hours.

JOIN THE SLACK

The Puppet Forge is where Puppet engineers and the Puppet community come together to share thousands of modules that automate tasks with Puppet.
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BROWSE THE FORGE

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Never automated before? This blog offers tips for first-timers.

READ BLOG

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Training: Puppet for (Very) Busy People

Really busy and need to learn Puppet ASAP? Our self-guided course lays the groundwork quickly. (You'll need to create a free training account.)

TAKE FREE ONLINE COURSE

 

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Join Puppet pros, community members, and thought leaders for insights and thought-provoking discussions from the wide world of DevOps (and a good measure of fun tangents).

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Premium Add-ons for Puppet Enterprise

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Puppet Enterprise is the solution for simpler, more powerful, enterprise-scale automation and configuration management. Go beyond 10 nodes and start automating and configuring your whole infrastructure.

SEE PRICING + PLANS

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Puppet Comply lets you monitor compliance across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid infrastructure, then leverage Puppet Enterprise to remediate and enforce compliance automatically.

DEMO PUPPET COMPLY

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Extend Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Comply with Compliance Enforcement to automatically enforce configurations that are compliant with CIS Benchmarks and DISA STIGs. Define your desired compliance (including policy exceptions) and enforce the exact compliance you want, all the time.

DEMO CEM

 

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Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise (CD4PE) helps you eliminate siloes across your team and drive value sooner with timely building, end-to-end testing, and faster deployment. Integrate source control repositories into your Puppet environment, enabling a new level of insight and agility.

DEMO CD4PE