This document outlines the history and future direction of the Puppet platform from 2009 to the present. It shows the major releases of Puppet from versions 2.6 to 5.2, highlighting new features and changes introduced in each. These include improvements to the parser, Hiera configuration layer, PuppetDB, and Puppet Server. The document suggests Puppet is moving from imperative automation to state-based management, with a focus on remote capabilities, cloud-native solutions, and maintaining backwards compatibility.

1. Puppet Platform: A Path Forward
Eric Sorenson // eric@puppet.com // @ahpook

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5. 2009 2010 2011 2012
Puppet 2.6
2010-07-20
Puppet 2.7
2011-06-16
Puppet 3.0
2012-09-28
Puppet 0.25
2009-09-25
Network comms: XMLRPC to REST
Regex nodes
Thin Storedconfigs (thanks Brice!)
Parameterised classes
Extlookup
Automatic Parameter Lookup
Backwards-incompatible point releases
Hiera
puppetDB
Puppet Enterprise
semver
puppet device (thanks Brice!)

7. 2013 2014 2015 2016
Puppet 3.4
2013-12-19
Puppet 3.7
2014-09-03
Puppet 4.0
2015-04-07
Puppet 4.8
2016-10-24
Future parser YAML to PSON
Puppet Server Facter 3
All-in-One Agent Hiera 4 (sorta)
Trapperkeeper Auth (thanks Brice!)Policy-based autosigning
Network URLs normalised
Type systemWindows perf and functionality

8. You are here
Puppet 5.2
2017-09-11
Native JSON
Hiera 5
Puppet platform repos
Puppet Tasks
Puppet
Development
Kit
Resource APIIntermediate CA Support

10. Remote First

11. Imperative Automation State-Based Management
Puppet Tasks PuppetPuppet Device Remote RAL*

12. Cloud Native

14. Backwards Compatibility

16. Thank you!
@ahpook

17. What's on your mind?