Perforce Puppet Reviews & Insights

Score8.9 out of 10

53 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Puppet Enterprise are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Reliable mechanism for deploying infrastructure-as-code: Users have found Puppet to be a dependable solution for deploying infrastructure-as-code, particularly when integrated with source control platforms like Git. Several reviewers have mentioned that it ensures system stability and uptime by effectively managing configuration drift.

Valuable asset for transitioning to DevOps: Puppet is highly regarded as a valuable tool for teams embracing DevOps practices. It empowers development teams to take ownership of their assets and automates repetitive tasks. This streamlines system management and simplifies complex operations.

Seamless integration with other community projects: Many users appreciate Puppet's seamless integration capabilities with various community/open-source projects such as Cobbler and Foreman. This integration enhances its ability to automate software installations and configure software post-installation effectively.

Perforce Puppet Reviews

2 Reviews

Engineering

Mature product with an expansive online community

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Puppet Enterprise is being used to deploy and manage patching of Linux servers, primarily CentOS, across a wide array of customer systems from web servers to app and database servers we are able to patch in a consistent and reliable manner with proper notifications for our monitoring system and on-call resources.

Pros

certificate management for new device trusts
viewing all systems currently under puppet control
view logs from all systems to detect errors and missed runs
clean interface to navigate through system

Cons

web UI could use quite a bit more functionality to differentiate it from the free version
multi-tenancy would be a big benefit in our use case
view and edit puppet code within console ui

Likelihood to Recommend

[It's] best suited for those that need a user interface to visualize their environment.

Alternatives

Chef and Ansible

[Both] products are comparable. There is a good open source community for each, but we found Puppet to be the most mature for our specific use case.

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (Computer Software company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Puppet For The Win

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Puppet to automate installs and configure out environment after the initial OS install. It is only used by our engineering area. The problem it addresses is defeating manual repetitive tasks.

Pros

Automating software install.
Configuring software after post install.
Taking the same Puppet code to another environment and have it easily deploy there.

Cons

Decrease the learning curve.
Introduce ways easy ways to write Puppet code to those who have not done it.
Introduce a UI for those who are fearful of command line.

Likelihood to Recommend

Puppet would be more suited for a linux environment and those who want to save time.

Alternatives Evaluated

None

Ethan Tran

Senior Systems Engineer in Engineering at Exeter Government Services, LLC (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience