It’s been quite a journey, y’all. But we’re excited to announce the first release of OpenVox, the community-maintained open source implementation of Puppet. OpenVox 8.11 is functionally equivalent to Puppet and should be a drop-in replacement. Be aware, of course, that even though you can type the same commands, use all the same modules and extensions, and configure the same settings, OpenVox is not yet tested to the same standard that Puppet is.
Migrating is fairly simple, just replace the packages following instructions on
the handy dandy new install page.
You’ll notice that they’re still using the apt|yum.overlookinfratech.com
repositories. As we get our infrastructure built out, these will probably be
moved to the voxpupuli.org namespace. Please don’t use these packages on
critical production infrastructures yet, unless you’re comfortable with
troubleshooting and reporting back on the silly errors we’ve made while
rebranding and rebuilding.
If you’d like professional assistance in the migration, check out our new OpenVox migration service.
We consider OpenVox a soft-fork because we intend to maintain downstream compatibility for as long as we are able. As such, Vox Pupuli is working with Perforce create a Puppet™️ Standards Steering Committee to set the direction of features and language evolutions.
The OpenVox project goals are pretty straightforward and aim to alleviate pain points observed by the community over the last few years:
- Modernizing the OpenVox codebase and ecosystem including supporting current operating systems.
- Recentering and focusing on community requirements; user needs will drive development.
- Democratizing platform support by allowing community members to contribute what they need instead of waiting for business requirements to align.
- Maintaining an active and responsive open source community like the rest of Vox Pupuli’s namespace.
Migration Service
Overlook InfraTech is an actual company with bills to pay and everything, so you knew there was going to be a plug here eventually. But we’ll keep it short and tasteful. We have been instrumental to the OpenVox fork right from the very beginning and we know inside and out what changes to expect. We are best situated to help you, so if you’d like professional assistance, or even just someone to look over your (virtual) shoulder during the process, we have a very reasonably priced migration service. Whether you’re ready to jump in and try it out today, or you’d rather wait a bit and let the dust settle, we’ll be here to help.