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Darren Gipson, a DevOps engineer at Willis Towers Watson, shares a cool trick for simplifying Puppet code with Hiera hashes.

Learn why every company under the sun relies on automation to make business hum. Getting leverage out of technology is essential. Here's how to do automation.

Getting started with automation? Start small and iterate from there. That and more in Puppet's step-by-step starter guide!

Ever since I started working with Bolt to automate tasks against Linux and Windows servers, I made a mental note that for my Windows servers, I was going to implement WinRM over HTTPS some day. That --no-ssl command line parameter for Bolt was a daily reminder to get it done. Fortunately, it turns out there are a couple of Forge modules available that make setting this up a breeze! So I thought I’d write a post to share this with you all.

Microsoft announced the deprecation of SCCM for Linux and UNIX. Learn how Puppet can help improve the efficiency for Linux and Windows teams.

The modern Puppet function API is safer and more efficient than the original. And it's easier to write and use! Learn how to port your legacy Ruby functions here.

Following good practices in the Day 0, Day 1, and Day 2 software development lifecycle can help you create a consistent environment that is easier to maintain. In this blog, we will deepen your understanding of how to make Day 2 operations succeed, and how high performing teams put Puppet to work on Day 2 to make a stronger, less manual, software development lifecycle.

Hyper-V can be a really helpful tool for creating VMs on Windows. Here's how to install and configure it with Puppet.

The Puppet SQL Server module now has Bolt tasks! Learn how they work, how to use them, and even how you can build your own.

Want to install and configure Kubernetes with Puppet? This blog explains how to use the Puppet Kubernetes module to do exactly that.

See how you can use Bolt and Terraform provisioning together to quickly get the cloud resources you need with minimal setup and code.