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Pro Puppet is now available!

Puppet 2.7 has been released under the Apache 2.0 license instead of under the GPL. Here’s why.

Learn about the benefits of adopting an external configuration management tool like Puppet Enterprise.

Here are some helpful points that will help alleviate any concerns you might have, and some tips to help you get the most out of your experience at Puppet Camp.

I’ve reached in and plucked out the last men’s medium, the smalls have been gone for months, I overstocked on XXLs and there’s a rumor around these parts that they might get tied together to make a hammock. Yes folks, it’s true, we’re out of t-shirts. Like its predecessor “Because SSH and a ‘for’ loop […]

Attending Puppet Camp in Amsterdam? Read on for some highlights of the city to make the trip to Puppet Camp even more special.

Find out about attending Puppet Camp 2011 in Amsterdam!

Citrix Systems offers a wide array of virtualization, networking, and SaaS solutions to users in any location and on any device. This large enterprise software company runs an IT infrastructure that is constantly under migration, with many systems in different stages of development. Citrix needed a way to keep a closer eye on their machines—to […]

Check out Episode 17 of DevOps Cafe. Damon and John have compiled a great collection of DevOps resources. In this episode they interview Puppet founder Luke and cover the history of Puppet and DevOps and the future directions for both of them. Listen to the podcast and be sure to subscribe to the DevOps Cafe […]

In facter part 2, we explored how to write custom facts in ruby along with testing and distribution. Since facter is executed every single time puppet runs, there are benefits to cache the information on the client and refresh based on some TTL. Looking ahead, both features are on our roadmap for facter 2.0, but […]

Read part 2 on Facters to learn how to test and distribute custom facts.

Read the 3-part series on Facter and writing custom facts for Puppet.