The Vox Pupuli collective group has introduced the primary launch of OpenVox, a community-maintained open supply implementation of the Puppet configuration administration system.
Launched January 21, the OpenVox automation framework is designed to be a drop-in substitute for Puppet, however presently comes with a caveat: “Bear in mind, after all, that though you’ll be able to sort the identical instructions, use all the identical modules and extensions, and configure the identical settings, OpenVox just isn’t but examined to the identical normal that Puppet is,” Ben Ford of Vox Pupuli wrote in a weblog publish saying the discharge.
OpenVox started as a Puppet mirror by Overlook Infratech offering neighborhood packages when Perforce discontinued public packaging efforts in late-2024, in accordance with Vox Pupuli, which considers the challenge a “gentle fork” as a result of they intend to take care of downstream compatibility for so long as attainable. Vox Pupuli says it has created a Puppet Requirements Steering Committee to set the route of options and language evolutions and has invited Perforce to take part.
