Puppet is a configuration management platform that uses declarative manifests and policy-driven convergence for infrastructure automation. It provides strong PKI-based node identity, environment isolation, and a mature module ecosystem for enterprise configuration management.
- Declarative host configuration at scale
- Environments requiring strong PKI-based node identity
- Teams standardizing policy promotion across dev/stage/prod
- Compliance-driven infrastructure with audit requirements
- Declarative manifests - Desired-state configuration in Puppet language
- Puppet Server - Central management with JRuby-based compilation
- Puppet Agent - Node agent with certificate-based authentication
- Puppet CA - PKI certificate authority for node trust
- Hiera - Hierarchical data lookup for environment-specific config
- Code Manager - Git-driven code promotion workflows
- PuppetDB - Configuration data warehouse
- Bolt - Agentless task execution and orchestration
- Modules - Reusable configuration from Puppet Forge
- Core: Ruby
- Server: Puppet Server (JRuby, Clojure)
- Agent: Puppet Agent (Ruby)
- Language: Puppet DSL (domain-specific language)
- Database: PostgreSQL (PuppetDB)
- SSL: X.509 certificates for node authentication
- Apache-2.0 (Puppet core components)
- Commercial (Puppet Enterprise features)
- ✅ Active development (Puppet Inc., now part of Perforce)
- Latest stable: Puppet 8.10.0 (October 22, 2025)
- LTS version: Puppet 7.34.0 (maintenance support)
- Release cadence: Regular minor releases
- Support: Puppet Enterprise available with commercial support
| Version |
Status |
Latest Release |
Support |
| Puppet 8.x |
Current |
8.10.0 |
Full support |
| Puppet 7.x |
LTS |
7.34.0 |
Maintenance only |
| Puppet 6.x |
EOL |
6.29.x |
End of life |
¶ History and References
- Official Site: https://www.puppet.com/
- Documentation: https://www.puppet.com/docs/puppet/
- Puppet Forge: https://forge.puppet.com/
- GitHub Repository: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet
- Puppet Labs: https://www.puppetlabs.com/