Introducing Puppet Core: Vendor-Backed Platform Automation for Security, Reliability & Stability

Today, I’m excited to share that Perforce Puppet has launched the first build of Puppet Core! Here’s why the inaugural release of this new product marks a huge step forward for Open Source Puppet users.

Why Puppet Core?

The modern technology landscape is teeming with threats and vulnerabilities, and risk is growing across every phase of software development. Organizations need to adopt software that’s created and supported by trusted, reputable vendors offering SLAs that meet internal and external compliance requirements.

Today, that expectation goes beyond the walls of your organization. Infrastructure resiliency — the ability to secure infrastructure and workflows, enforce hardening measures, and prove continuous compliance — now extends from your own stack to the various elements of your software supply chain. You need commitment from your vendors that they're providing software that doesn’t open you up to even more vulnerabilities.

Puppet Core is proof of that commitment.

This new product ensures Puppet users that their infrastructure management vendor prioritizes security, stability, and reliability with certified software builds, premium features, vendor-backed SLAs, and expert engagement.

Every release of Puppet Core is hardened for security and stability. And like all Perforce enterprise-ready software, Puppet Core is regularly updated and rigorously tested to ensure performance and compatibility for uninterrupted service.

With Puppet Core, organizations can confidently focus on keeping their systems running smoothly instead of wondering if their vendor has their back.

What’s Included in Puppet Core?

• Hardened Puppet binaries housed in a secure repository
• Guaranteed SLAs for high and critical severity CVEs
• Core essential agents, including the latest downstream version
• Requests for fixes and vulnerabilities
• Security Compliance Enforcement, a premium feature for automatically enforcing hardened infrastructure security baselines aligned to CIS Benchmarks and DISA STIGs
• Training engagement with Certified Puppet Engineers, including guidance on Puppet Core resources and an introduction to Security Compliance Enforcement

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