The automation tool chooses Clojure on the JVM to improve speed and programming convenience, and shows the evolution of Puppet's design philosophy Puppet Labs, creator of the versatile automation tool ...

Chef and Puppet are, for many, synonymous with the concept of automating the development and operational deployment (DevOps) of applications. The two products are the most popular in the space, have ...

In a previous article, "Provisioning Docker with Puppet", in the December 2016 issue, I covered one of the ways you can install the Docker service onto a new system with Puppet. By contrast, this ...

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The power of Puppet (or any tool like it) is in knowing that the configuration of a system is the way you set it. Once you are used to the tool, in an emergency it is even more useful. Instead of ...

Pity the corporate systems administrator (SA). After all, the number of servers needed to run all of a company's computer applications is proliferating even as IT budgets get tight executive scrutiny.

This morning Puppet Labs unveiled a new features its DevOps automation software and a constellation of new company initiatives during PuppetConf 2014. The major updates to the Puppet open source and ...