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What is Puppet and its usage in today's application systems and Linux?

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Question added by Syed Javed , it consultant , Infosys
Date Posted: 2016/03/04
Mudassir Mubin Baig
by Mudassir Mubin Baig , Network Engineer , Saima Packaging Pvt. Ltd.

configuration management tool that helps system administrators automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of a server infrastructure

Work for both Open and Close Sources.

Mehmoodkha Pathan
by Mehmoodkha Pathan , Cloud engineer , Cisco - Aricent payroll

Puppet is a configuration management tool  that allows you to configure and manage IT infrastructure easily. Its an open source tool and can be easily integrated to different applications. Another similar tool is Ansible .

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Puppet is a configuration tool mainly.  I do not use it.

Abdul Jabbar
by Abdul Jabbar , Resident Data center Engineer DXC Dubai , Halian International

Puppet is used for remote software installation, hotfix, removal of software ,eexecution of scripts, allmost all automation tasks.

Jun Kelvin Tocson
by Jun Kelvin Tocson , Network and Systems Engineer , Ministry of Education / ITQAN Al-khaleej computers

Puppet is a configuration management system that allows you to define the state of your IT infrastructure

Anil Mathew Kadakethu
by Anil Mathew Kadakethu , Technical Support Manager , M H Alshaya

Puppet is an open-source configuration management tool. It runs on Linux as well as on Microsoft Windows.Puppet provides a standard way of delivering and operating softwares.

You can also consider ansible which is another open-source orcherstration tool.It works without any client side installation, it performs all functions over ssh.

JYOTI SINGH SINGH
by JYOTI SINGH SINGH , Devops Lead , Mayflower Soft

Puppet is one of  configuration managerment tools.It supports CI/CD and we can use this to automate our infra delivery and bug free.

Asif Abdul salam
by Asif Abdul salam , System Administrator , A Small Orange

Puppet is a configurration management tool , it's mainly used to manage large pool of systesm  , for example if any configuration changes are to be made across the farm ,puppet can be utlized to do it in a single go .

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