Foreman
Open sourceOpen source server lifecycle manager for provisioning, configuration, and fleet orchestration of physical and virtual hosts.
- License
- open-source
- Open source
- Yes
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Facts & attributes
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Identity · Taxonomy
- Documentation(HTTPS URL)
- https://www.theforeman.org/manuals/latest/index.htmlVerified
- Tags(open-source;cloud-native)
- provisioning, configuration management, Puppet, lifecycle managementVerified
Platform · Deployment
- Delivery model(SaaS;self-hosted;desktop;mobile;embedded;managed-cloud;appliance)
- self-hostedVerification pending
Pricing · Licensing
- License model(proprietary;open-source;source-available;dual-license)
- open-sourceVerification pending
- Source repository(HTTPS URL)
- https://github.com/theforeman/foremanVerified
- SPDX license IDs(Apache-2.0;MIT)
- GPL-3.0-or-laterVerification pending
Features · Product · Fit
- Core capabilities(authoring;automation;analytics)
- Provisioning on bare metal and public or private clouds, Configuration management with ENC for Puppet and Salt, Monitoring via Puppet, Salt and Ansible reports, Role-based access control with LDAP and FreeIPA integration, Audits of infrastructure changes, Host groups for horizontal scalingVerification pending
Api · Integrations · Ecosystem
- API available(true/false)
- trueVerification pending
- CLI(true/false)
- trueVerification pending
Audience · Use · Case
- Best for(Neutral editorial summary)
- Sysadmins automating provisioning and configuration of physical and virtual servers at scaleVerification pending
- Primary use cases(build;monitor;automate)
- Server provisioning, Configuration management, Hybrid cloud host managementVerification pending
Lifecycle · Versioning
- Current version(1.12.3)
- 5.0.1Verified
- Maintenance status(active;maintenance;deprecated;EOL;archived)
- activeVerified
Vendor · Maintainer
- Vendor type(commercial;foundation;community;government;consortium;individual)
- communityVerified
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