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openvox October 30, 2026

Building a Clustered OpenVox Infrastructure

If you've ever been told that a "real" Puppet installation means a Puppet Enterprise license, this post is the counterargument, written as a runbook you can follow.I want to be plain about the goal. T…

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openvox August 5, 2026

How to leave Puppet Enterprise without leaving Puppet

Puppet Enterprise migration is not a religious war. It is a bill, a console, and a compiler farm. OpenVox is the community continuation of Puppet open-source. If your modules, Hiera, and r10k control …

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puppet October 31, 2024

Puppet Primer series (questy.org)

The Puppet Primer is a long-form teaching series published on questy.org. It is written for practitioners who want the language, not a vendor slide.Read in orderPuppet Primer I — What is Puppet? Pup…

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puppet May 12, 2020

Scaling Puppet Community

In my Puppet travels over the last 10 or so years, one topic has continued to arise time and again, and that has been the ability to scale Puppet Community (formerly Puppet Open Source) to thousands o…

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puppet April 28, 2017

Scaling Puppet Enterprise – Part VI – Code Manager

Written in 2017 for Puppet Enterprise 2016.x. The architecture still applies; commands and package names differ on OpenVox 8.RecapLet’s see where we are.1. We have a Puppet Enterprise Split Installa…

puppet-enterprise scaling compilers
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puppet April 24, 2017

Scaling Puppet Enterprise – Part V – GitLab

Written in 2017 for Puppet Enterprise 2016.x. The architecture still applies; commands and package names differ on OpenVox 8.If you’ve been following for the past 5 installments, we’re nearing the…

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puppet April 24, 2017

Scaling Puppet Enterprise – Part IV – ActiveMQ Hub and Spokes

Written in 2017 for Puppet Enterprise 2016.x. The architecture still applies; commands and package names differ on OpenVox 8.As in the previous installment, you need to have already completed a few st…

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puppet April 23, 2017

Scaling Puppet Enterprise – Part IIIb – Additional Compilers

Written in 2017 for Puppet Enterprise 2016.x. The architecture still applies; commands and package names differ on OpenVox 8.As in the previous installment, you need to have already completed a few st…

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puppet April 21, 2017

Scaling Puppet Enterprise – Part IIIa – Additional Compilers

Written in 2017 for Puppet Enterprise 2016.x. The architecture still applies; commands and package names differ on OpenVox 8.You should have completed a split install before beginning this section. Yo…

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puppet April 18, 2017

Scaling Puppet Enterprise – Part II – Installation

Written in 2017 for Puppet Enterprise 2016.x. The architecture still applies; commands and package names differ on OpenVox 8.Installing Puppet Enterprise has been made remarkably easier as time has go…

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puppet April 17, 2017

Scaling Puppet Enterprise

Written in 2017 for Puppet Enterprise 2016.x. The architecture still applies; commands and package names differ on OpenVox 8.In my former life as a consultant, I had to install all manner of configura…

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