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Introducing Forge User Profiles | Puppet by Perforce

Tired of sifting through Puppet modules? Wish you could filter and sort to find just what you need? Want a better way to check for module updates for your Puppet-managed infrastructure? Newly revamped user profiles make it easier to find what you’re looking for in the Puppet Forge. Log in or create an account today to save your searches, filter by supported versions, and more. Upload your puppetfile to easily check if you’re using any outdated module versions so you can stay on top of updates.

Cloud Repatriation: Examples, Unpacking 2025 Trends & Tips for Reverse Migration

If you moved to the cloud hoping for cost savings and scalability only to find that your cloud costs are ballooning, your cloud performance isn’t up to snuff, or you’re always struggling to align compliance regulations with your cloud deployment, it might be time to look into cloud repatriation as an alternative to public cloud infrastructure. Moving anything from public cloud to private cloud or on-prem infrastructure this year?

Time-Saving Tips for Using Puppet: Build, Run & Manage Your Infrastructure

We’re always rolling out new ways to make Puppet easier to use and maintain so you can run better infrastructure, ditch toil, save time, and increase ROI — fast. This guide will help you with a few need-to-know time saving tricks that can make starting with Puppet, or continuing to manage Puppet, easier and speedier.

Our 2025 Cybersecurity & Compliance Predictions, from AI to Zero Trust

2025 will continue the theme of powerful business and technological transformation under a never-ending barrage of cyber threats that are spawning faster and evolving in more complex ways than ever. To ward off an increasingly sophisticated community of threat actors, we’ll need to innovate faster than the speed of the threat landscape — but how?

HPC Configuration: How Configuration Management Can Enhance AI Workload Efficiency

High-performance computing (HPC) configuration has become paramount for AI workloads. Companies investing in AI workloads often find themselves with predictable problems: Lots of nodes that are hard to integrate and harder to manage together, under-utilized resources, deployment struggles, inconsistent configurations, and drift.

What is Software Deployment Automation & Which Tool is Right for You?

Software deployment automation can simplify and speed up your delivery cycle. It can reduce risk, allow teams to easily test after changes are made, and help provide consistency for the overall development pipeline. If it sounds complicated, we’re here to break it down each step into a cheat sheet that provides tips and best practices for the software deployment automation process.

Linux Security: Keeping Linux Machines Secure with Less Tinkering

Every operating system has its quirks, and Linux security is no different. Whether you’re on Team Penguin or running mostly Windows boxes (or a bit of both), you’ll need to take different steps to manage security on different OSes. Like any OS, Linux security comes with its own peculiarities, pitfalls, and best practices.

Avoid Non-Compliance Fines: Automate GDPR Controls

It's expensive when you don't comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) controls — take for example the €310 million fine (equivalent to $335 million dollars) that LinkedIn received from the GDPR. In this case, they shared users’ personal data for targeted advertising and behavioural analyses, without asking for user consent. Can you afford €310 million? It might be time to automate GDPR controls for 24/7 compliance.