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# puppet-enterprises
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Marty Ewings
06/12/2023, 10:58 AMit provides a graphical user interface, point-and-click code deployment strategies, continuous testing and integration, and the ability to predict the impact of code changes before deployment. As well as enterprise level support, and access to features such as orchestration and patch management only available in PE
Marty Ewings
06/12/2023, 10:59 AMthere is a free ebook on this topic https://www.puppet.com/resources/open-source-puppet-vs-puppet-enterprise
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Willem Basson
06/12/2023, 2:50 PMawesome, thanks
Willem Basson
06/12/2023, 3:04 PMok, that, plus the docs at puppet.com/docs/pe are probably all I need
Willem Basson
06/12/2023, 3:05 PMinterestingly, I see Debian isn't on the list of supported platforms for PE. I wonder why that is?
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Marty Ewings
06/12/2023, 3:06 PMits supported as an agent platform, just not as an infrastructure component
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Willem Basson
06/12/2023, 3:06 PMis it because no commercial version of it exists?
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Marty Ewings
06/12/2023, 3:08 PMim not actually sure the specific reason, but the eligibility for infrastructure has many factors including market demand
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tuxmea
06/12/2023, 3:17 PMFrom tech view the main improvement for PE is PCP/PXP Orchestration broker. This allows one to shut down ssh or winrm and still being able to do anything with your servers.
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Willem Basson
06/12/2023, 3:18 PMthanks, @tuxmea - that is a pretty cool action.
Willem Basson
06/12/2023, 3:18 PMfrom os standpoint - I guess I can see you corporates interested in PE, would put it on a licensed OS.
Willem Basson
06/12/2023, 3:19 PMI think we have rolled out open-source clones of many of the PE features, but maintaining it is becoming a bit of a ache. especially with any amount of staff turn-over
Willem Basson
06/12/2023, 3:20 PMwe put in r10k, then g10k, then reaktor. But it sounds like code manager is better?
Willem Basson
06/12/2023, 3:20 PMwe also spend an inapropriate time checking if our modules are up to date, and if newer modules are still compatible with our fleet
Willem Basson
06/12/2023, 3:21 PM(240 modules in our puppetfile, 3500 nodes, around 70 unique roles)
Willem Basson
06/12/2023, 3:21 PMwe have puppet-catalog-diff working pretty well, but I hope there is something better in PE?
Willem Basson
06/12/2023, 3:21 PMand we use puppet-dashboard, but it sounds like enterprise dashboard and console will blow it out of the water?
Willem Basson
06/12/2023, 3:22 PMsame with puppet plans and bolt plans?
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tuxmea
06/12/2023, 3:35 PMstay with puppet-catalog-diff and hopefully you also use the catalog-diff-viewer web UI
tuxmea
06/12/2023, 3:35 PMPE console allows you to provide different access rights (RBAC) which is not available in puppetboard
tuxmea
06/12/2023, 3:35 PMRBAC also is done for running tasks/plans via API or web UI
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kenyon
06/12/2023, 4:26 PMthere is no puppet catalog diff equivalent in PE afaik
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hbui
06/12/2023, 8:15 PMpuppet module maintenance for a controlrepo is still there under PE
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06/12/2023, 8:15 PMi.e. you still have to do it
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Willem Basson
06/29/2023, 9:52 AMok, so not much win there