Puppet

# What is Puppet?

Put simply, Puppet is a system for automating system administration

tasks. To learn more, read our [[Big Picture]] overview of Puppet,

or take a deeper look at what Puppet can do with the [Puppet

Introduction](http://docs.reductivelabs.com/guides/introduction.html). There's also an [[About Puppet]] page which gives

the highlights of Puppet's functionality.

# Will Puppet work for me?

Puppet is designed to work on most varieties of UNIX-like operating

systems. We maintain a [[Stable Platforms]] where the community

reports successes on a wide spectrum of systems. If you're looking

to support a particular package, you can check our list of

[[Managed By Puppet]] .

# How do I get Puppet up-and-running?

See the [[Downloading Puppet]] page for how to download Puppet. One

good way to get started is to set up a very simple installation of

Puppet, and the first tutorial we recommend is just that: the

[[Simplest Puppet Install Recipe]] walks you through a bare-bones

installation of Puppet and is followed by the [[Advanced Puppet Recipe]]. We also keep an

[index of recipes](http://www.reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/PuppetRecipes)

submitted by our developers and the Puppet community.

# Where do I go for help?

The primary documentation for Puppet is the [[Reference Index]] .

Beyond this, there is a wealth of additional information including

references, articles and tutorials on the Puppet wiki, all of which

should be indexed on the [[Documentation Start]] page.

You can also lodge bug reports and support requests at our

[ticketing system](http://projects.reductivelabs.com/projects/show/puppet).

If you don't find answers there, the Puppet community is another

great resource. You can find information about the [[IRC Channel]]

and [[Getting\_Help#mailing-lists|mailing lists]] on the [[Getting_Help|Getting Help]] page.