Puppet is an automated administrative engine for systems, performs administrative tasks (such as adding users, installing packages, and updating server configurations) based on a centralized specification. Luke Kanies, who founded Reductive Labs, has been doing server automation for years, and Puppet is the result of his frustration with existing tools. He joins Phil, Scott, and Ben to discuss it.
Luke Kanies spent years as an operational system administrator, followed by years as a system automation consultant and became frustrated with all the available tools for managing systems. With CFEngine expertise, a stint at BladeLogic and vision that there has to be a better way, Luke founded Reductive Labs with the conviction that his ideas could compete on merit. Puppet is the functional manifestation of that conviction.
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