Which Is Right For Your Organization?
Puppet Enterprise packages the power of Puppet open source with enterprise-oriented features to make IT automation even easier and more powerful. Use the below chart to compare the two releases, and see which one is right for your organization.
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| Graphical User Interface | ||
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Puppet Enterprise’s graphical user interface console enables you to quickly — and visually — discover and identify resources in your infrastructure, radically reducing time required to diagnose and solve problems.
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| Provisioning – Amazon EC2 | ||
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With Puppet or Puppet Enterprise, you can quickly provision and configure virtual machines on Amazon EC2. WATCH: Quick 5-minute demo. |
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| Provisioning – VMware VMs | ||
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With our Puppet Enterprise offering, you can automatically provision and configure VMware private cloud instances from zero to fully operational in minutes. Learn more with the Provisioning with VMware how-to docs. |
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| Configuration management – Discovery | ||
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Puppet Enterprise’s live management feature enables you to discover resources and their configurations across hundreds of servers in seconds. |
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| Configuration management – User accounts | ||
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The Puppet Enterprise console provides individual user management, access and authentication. Learn more. |
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| Configuration management – Operating systems & applications | ||
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Puppet and Puppet Enterprise’s declarative, model-based approach enables you to automate tasks at any stage of the IT infrastructure lifecycle, including the operating system and application level. Learn more. |
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| 1000+ pre-built configurations on Puppet Forge | ||
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Jump-start your automation projects with access to over 700 pre-built, freely downloadable configuration modules on Puppet Forge, our online marketplace. VIDEO: See how fast you can get going (2 min). |
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| Orchestration – Task automation | ||
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With Puppet Enterprise’s live management feature, you can quickly deploy critical updates, like security patches, across hundreds of servers in seconds, or pro-actively initiate Puppet runs to update configurations and report changes. |
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| Role-Based Access Control – Now with external authentication support | ||
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With the Puppet Enterprise, user accounts can be created that provide access to the console with read-only, read-write, or admin privileges. The console also supports the use of third-party authentication services such as Google Apps Directory, LDAP, or Active Directory. WATCH: Quick 3-minute demo. |
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| Unified cross-platform installer of all components | ||
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Built as cross-platform software, Puppet Enterprise can operate on Linux distributions (including RHEL), Microsoft Windows, IBM AIX, Ubuntu, and more. Learn more about the components and requirements for Puppet Enterprise. |
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| Support – Option for 24 x 7 x 365 | ||
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You can choose the standard Gold support that comes with Puppet Enterprise, or you can upgrade to the Platinum support that includes 24x7x365 support. Learn more about our support plans. |
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| Support – Defined SLA | ||
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Puppet Enterprise support provides you with peace of mind and assurance of rapid resolution of issues through strict SLAs. Our support goes beyond traditional feature priority and issue resolution. Learn more about our support plans. |
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| Certified by Puppet Labs engineers | ||
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Puppet Enterprise is pre-configured to offer out-of-the-box scalability and the performance levels required in large installations. All packages, including third-party products, are tested and QA’d by Puppet Labs engineers. |
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| Pre-packaged dependencies in one directory | ||
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Puppet Enterprise packages the underlying components required, and bundles the requisite support and services necessary to support enterprise deployments. The following components are included in a single installer: Puppet components, puppet master, puppet agent, Puppet Enterprise console, puppet module tool, MCollective and Facter. Learn more about the components and requirements for Puppet Enterprise. |
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| Smooth upgrade and maintenance path | ||
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With Puppet Enterprise, maintenance is included in your license. You always have access to the latest and greatest releases of the integrated platform. Check out the Puppet Enterprise FAQ. |
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Read more in Puppet Enterprise FAQs.