Puppet DevOps adds module support, patching automation

DevOps software provider Puppet on July 21 refreshed its Puppet Enterprise framework automation stage, with abilities including admittance to pre-assembled modules just as fixing task computerization. 

The mid year arrival of Puppet Enterprise, rendition 2019.8 LTS, lets clients utilize a huge number of open source and Puppet-constructed modules in the Puppet Forge index to oversee Plans, which empower running a progression of assignments through a solitary order in the Puppet Enterprise support. Clients can grow mechanization to additional broad framework use cases, blending and coordinating basic assignments with decisive model-based automation.

Puppet presently gives a way from the quick beginning of the Puppet Bolt arrangement apparatus and Puppet Forge substance to coordination work processes to give ceaseless robotization. For instance, planning foundation for an application delivery may incorporate an assignment set for depleting a heap balancer, calling VMware to arrangement an Apache HTTP worker, applying patch refreshes, designing the database, and related undertakings. 

To improve consistence and security, the Puppet Enterprise summer discharge likewise incorporates fixing task mechanization content for Windows and Linux frameworks, alongside an improved client involvement with utilizing fixing robotization in an undertaking. An OS Patching administration is accessible to help normalize and scale fixing measures. 

The late spring discharge additionally includes an overhaul pre-check module that directs a status evaluation and discovers expected dangers and what changes are essential before leading an update. 

Clients can demo Puppet from the organization site