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What is Puppet Bolt?

Bolt is an open-source infrastructure orchestration and automation platform created by Puppet to help IT operations and DevOps teams automate manual infrastructure management tasks and operational workflows. The platform enables users to perform remote administration, patch management, application deployment, troubleshooting, service management, and infrastructure updates across servers and distributed systems without requiring agent software on target machines. Bolt connects directly to remote infrastructure using SSH or WinRM protocols, allowing teams to automate operations quickly and securely from a local workstation or centralized automation environment. The platform supports both simple one-time tasks and advanced orchestration workflows through reusable scripts, tasks, and plans that streamline repetitive infrastructure management activities. IT teams can use Bolt to automate operational processes such as restarting services, deploying software updates, executing maintenance routines, troubleshooting infrastructure issues, and coordinating multi-step workflows across multiple systems simultaneously. Bolt also integrates with Puppet modules and related Puppet products, enabling organizations to reuse existing automation code and extend infrastructure management capabilities within broader DevOps ecosystems. The platform includes tools for workspace configuration, remote task execution, orchestration planning, workflow automation, and infrastructure management that help teams standardize operational processes and improve consistency. Because Bolt operates without agents, organizations can deploy automation quickly across cloud, on-premise, hybrid, and remote environments while reducing infrastructure complexity and maintenance overhead. Bolt is designed to support flexible automation use cases for system administrators, infrastructure engineers, DevOps teams, and IT operations professionals who need scalable orchestration capabilities.

What is MAAS?

The capability for self-service and remote deployment of operating systems like Windows, CentOS, ESXi, and Ubuntu on physical servers revolutionizes your data center into a bare metal cloud environment. This Metal-As-A-Service (MAAS) framework facilitates provisioning across diverse systems, providing on-demand server functionalities alongside management of remote edge clusters. With its robust infrastructure monitoring and discovery capabilities, it integrates smoothly with automation tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SALT, and Juju, enabling quick installations from the ground up. Supporting a range of operating systems including VMware ESXi, Windows, CentOS, RHEL, and Ubuntu, the platform allows users to create tailored images with pre-installed applications and specific configurations for disk and network settings. Employing an API-driven methodology for critical services like DHCP, DNS, PXE, and IPAM, it streamlines the provisioning process through a REST API. Additionally, it enhances security through LDAP user authentication and role-based access control (RBAC). Integral to this solution are hardware testing and commissioning, designed to achieve the fastest operating system installation times within the industry, utilizing a highly optimized image-based installer. MAAS is compatible with all certified servers from top vendors and adeptly discovers servers housed in racks, chassis, and expansive data center networks, while also supporting prominent system BMCs and chassis controllers. Altogether, these features empower organizations to manage their infrastructure with greater efficiency, ultimately boosting operational productivity and reducing downtime.

Media

Media

Integrations Supported

Airstack
Ansible
Chef
Cisco AnyConnect
Huawei FusionStorage
IBM Cloud
Intelligent Management Center
LDAP
PostgreSQL
Puppet Enterprise
SALT
Sesterce
VMware ESXi
Verizon Cloud

Integrations Supported

Airstack
Ansible
Chef
Cisco AnyConnect
Huawei FusionStorage
IBM Cloud
Intelligent Management Center
LDAP
PostgreSQL
Puppet Enterprise
SALT
Sesterce
VMware ESXi
Verizon Cloud

API Availability

Has API

API Availability

Has API

Pricing Information

Pricing not provided.
Free Trial Offered?
Free Version

Pricing Information

$30
Free Trial Offered?
Free Version

Supported Platforms

SaaS
Android
iPhone
iPad
Windows
Mac
On-Prem
Chromebook
Linux

Supported Platforms

SaaS
Android
iPhone
iPad
Windows
Mac
On-Prem
Chromebook
Linux

Customer Service / Support

Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Customer Service / Support

Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Training Options

Documentation Hub
Webinars
Online Training
On-Site Training

Training Options

Documentation Hub
Webinars
Online Training
On-Site Training

Company Facts

Organization Name

Perforce

Date Founded

1995

Company Location

United States

Company Website

help.puppet.com/bolt/current/topics/bolt.htm

Company Facts

Organization Name

Canonical

Date Founded

2010

Company Location

United Kingdom

Company Website

maas.io

Categories and Features

Cloud Management

Access Control
Billing & Provisioning
Capacity Analytics
Cost Management
Demand Monitoring
Multi-Cloud Management
Performance Analytics
SLA Management
Supply Monitoring
Workflow Approval

Categories and Features

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Analytics / Reporting
Configuration Management
Data Migration
Data Security
Load Balancing
Log Access
Network Monitoring
Performance Monitoring
SLA Monitoring

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