Puppet

# Will Puppet Work on My System?

Puppet can be used to manage any POSIX or nearly-POSIX system at

the OS-level, but many of the

[[Glossary\_Of\_Terms#provider|providers]] , which

interface with other system management utilities, are

platform-specific. Detailed information about which platforms

Puppet has been most successful in supporting can be found on the

[[Stable Platforms]] page.

There is currently no official support for Windows-based operating

systems, see [[Puppet Windows]].

# Can I Use Puppet to Manage *X*?

Chances are, the answer is yes, but our community maintains a

[[Managed By Puppet]] page, a list of software solutions we have

been successful managing with Puppet.

# Does Puppet Work Identically on Every System?

Puppet lets you use the same [[Glossary\_Of\_Terms#type|types]]

to accomplish the same task on different machines with

potentially different utilities installed. For example, given

simply a description of what package you'd like installed, Puppet

knows to use apt to install the package on a Debian system, but

would use yum to install the same package on a Red Hat system.

Because system utilities don't always offer the same features, not

every [[Glossary\_Of\_Terms#provider|provider]] provides

the same functionality. For instance, not every package provider

supports uninstalls. The

[provider functionality charts](ProviderSuitabilityReportTest)

provide a clear picture of what functionality can be expected from

different providers.