IT Process Automation and Task Orchestration

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What Is IT Process Automation?

IT process automation (ITPA) enables the creation of simple and scalable workflows to get specific tasks done across multiple systems *Puppet Enterprise is the only solution that combines both model‑based and task-based capabilities in a way that enables organizations to scale their multi-cloud infrastructure as their automation footprint grows. With both agent-based and agentless capabilities, organizations have the flexibility to automate what they want, and how they want. Eliminate silos and help teams accelerate application.

It is workflow automation that is oriented toward tactical objectives (such as “list installed software” or “execute this script”) as opposed to strategic objectives (“keep systems updated” or “enforce security policies”)

IT Process Automation Examples

As organizations scale, adapt, and move into hybrid cloud environments, the need for efficient and simple automation and task orchestration becomes more apparent and more essential A good task orchestration tool saves time for SREs and administrators without being a burden to learn and maintain

Here are a few examples of how IT process automation is solving problems today

• Manage resources on any major public cloud; create, modify, destroy, and report, all from one central location
• Extend popular cloud provisioning tools with enhanced command line capabilities
• Deploy and manage cloud-based containers quickly and easily
• Audit router and switch configurations to ensure compliance with standards
• Verify or change quality of service settings on routers and layer 3 switches
• Add, remove, modify, and verify firewall rules
• Reboot multiple systems simultaneously or in sequence
• Deploy operating system patches to a mixture of Windows and multiple Linux distributions
• Execute arbitrary scripts across environments to audit user accounts, check software package versions, dump configuration file contents, manage databases, and much more

Automate Agentlessly, Scale Effortlessly, Work Intelligently

Run existing scripts at scale across your entire enterprise with Puppet Bolt, an open source agentless automation tool Execute any command, script or plan in any language the target systems can understand Puppet Bolt supports recycling existing code including YAML, PowerShell, Bash, Python or Ruby, and can even reuse content from the Puppet Forge

Extend the functionality of the modules you know and love Many modules from the Puppet Forge include tasks that can be run from within either Puppet Enterprise or on the command line with Bolt These tasks enhance the power of the community-based content for which the Puppet Forge is well-known

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