Todd Kirkland
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JetPatch and Puppet Overview
Overview This article describes the core capabilities of JetPatch and Puppet Enterprise, and how each product contributes to IT infrastructure management and automation. JetPatch JetPatch's unique...
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Why Integrate Puppet and JetPatch?
OverviewThis article explains the complementary roles of Puppet and JetPatch, and why integrating the two technologies provides a more complete IT infrastructure management solution.Different Areas...
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Puppet and JetPatch Similarities and Differences
OverviewOn the surface, Puppet and JetPatch have some similar capabilities. Notably, both can be used to deploy server management tool agents to individual servers. However, IT architects should be...
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Server Management via Puppet with JetPatch Automation
OverviewThis approach describes how management services can be configured and controlled with a Puppet master server while leveraging JetPatch for actual tool deployment, eliminating the need for u...
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Tag-Based Server Management: Puppet-Driven Control via JetPatch
OverviewThis approach provides a clear separation of control between Puppet and JetPatch, where Puppet manages server and application components while JetPatch handles server management tools throu...
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Comparison of the Two Approaches
OverviewThis article compares two different approaches for managing server deployment and configuration, examining the roles of Puppet and JetPatch in each approach and their respective advantages....
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Summary: Puppet and JetPatch Integration
OverviewThis article summarizes the key benefits of integrating JetPatch and Puppet, and how the combined solution enables a streamlined DevOps environment for IT organizations.Integration Benefits...
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Known Limitations of Puppet Integration
OverviewThis article describes the known limitations of the JetPatch Puppet integration. These limitations apply to the current version of the integration and should be considered during environmen...
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Health Script Description
OverviewThis article describes the health checks performed by the JetPatch health script for Puppet agents. The script verifies agent connectivity and log status on both Windows and Linux (RHEL and...
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Prerequisites
Understanding the Management Tool Before creating a managed agent, collect information on the original, conventional (non-virtual) management tool. You will need to answer the following que...