If you have more than one UNIX box in your care, you know how duplication happens. Every machine needs a common set of settings. Package upgrades need to be deployed. Certain packages need to be on ...

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 ...

Many organizations have in recent years focused on the implementation of Agile software development principles. This has mainly focused on better cooperation between the business and IT development.

Puppet software lets you manage the software configuration on all the hosts on your network. It simplifies repetitive operations and ensures state and configuration integrity among large number of ...

Puppet the company bills Puppet the automation tool as the de facto standard for automating the delivery and ongoing operation of hybrid infrastructure. That was certainly true at one time: Puppet not ...