![]() ![]() Puppet includes a ‘resource abstraction layer’ that enables admins to describe the configs they want to manage and the actions they want to execute in high-level terms using the DSL. The user describes system resources and their states, and stores this information in files called manifests. ![]() ![]() If you wrote your configurations in Ruby, you could easily just open files and run commands all the live-long day, but with the DSL, you have to learn to think in resources.” To use Puppet effectively, you need to think in resources, not files or commands. PuppetLabs founder Luke Kanies stated that: “One of the benefits of Puppet’s DSL-beyond the simplicity-is that it encourages the mental shift that Puppet requires. It’s written in Ruby, and has both a well-developed user interface and a CLI that uses either a Ruby-derived DSL or pure Ruby code, although this latter option is being deprecated. Puppet is the model-driven open-source CM from PuppetLabs. SCCM Vs Puppet: In-depth, Major Differences So which one should you choose for managing your data center or multiplicity of servers that’s threatening to get out of hand? Let’s delve a bit more into them to find out. Given the popularity of Windows among operating systems in the enterprise, this is a scenario many devops teams face. However, things get more complex when you must work with multiple operating systems. If you are in a devops environment with just a single OS, and it’s not Windows, picking Puppet might seem right. SCCM is a Microsoft product, which of course means it ties in very well with Windows environments, especially enterprise environments, but SCCM 1906, released in 2019 (more on that in a bit) and other recent versions support clients running other operating systems. Puppet is an open-source product that can manage Linux, Unix, Windows and even and Mac OS environments, though of course it cannot match the abilities of SCCM on Windows. In addition, these two configuration management tools come with different learning curves, which will impact how quickly you can be productive. But beyond that philosophical difference in origin, they also take two completely different paths to the destination of easing the sys admin’s life. proprietary? In the software universe, this debate has raged on in almost all sub-sectors – OS’s, databases, and even in the CM arena, where SCCM vs. Puppet are two of the heavyweight champs slugging it out. ![]()
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