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Rudder is an open source audit and configuration management utility to help automate system configuration across large IT infrastructures. Rudder relies on a lightweight local agent installed on each managed machine.
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 Screenshot of Rudder 4.0 Dashboard | |
| Original author(s) | Normation |
| Developer(s) | Normation |
| Initial release | October 31, 2011 |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | Scala (server), Rust (server) and C (agent) |
| Operating system | Linux, Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Configuration management, system administration, network management, cloud management, continuous delivery, DevOps |
| License | GNU General Public License and Apache |
| Website | www |
Rudder is produced by Normation,[1] founded in 2010. Its server-side web interface is written in Scala and its local agent is written in C, and are published as free software under the GNU General Public License 3.0.[2]
Features
edit- Host inventory
- Feature-complete Web interface
- Standardized, reusable policies
- Custom Policy editor
- Central reporting and historic information for policy applied to hosts
- Grouping based on search queries run against inventory
- Automatic updating of such groups (dynamic groups)
- Dynamic generation of per-host policies (lessens risk of data leaks from shared policy)
- Change Request / Validation
- REST API
- Git backend
History
editRudder was created by the founding team of Normation and first released as free software in October 2011.[3]
Rudder 3.0 was released in February 2015.[4]
Latest major version, Rudder 8.0, has been released in November 2023[5], and Rudder 8.3 has been released in April 2025[6].
Platform support
editThe following operating systems are supported for the central Rudder server:
- Debian Linux 11 and 12
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and 24.04 LTS
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and derivatives 8 and 9
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP4+
- Amazon Linux 2023
The following operating systems are supported for Rudder Nodes and packages are available for these platforms:
- Debian Linux 10, 11, 12 and 13
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS and 24.04 LTS
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and derivatives 7, 8 and 9
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP5 and 15 SP2+
- Amazon Linux 2 and 2023
- Slackware 14
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022, Windows 10, Windows 11
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Rudder FAQ". Rudder. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Rudder FAQ". Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Rudder 2.3 release notes". Rudder. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Rudder 3.0 release notes". Rudder. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ Lhommelet, Camille (2023-11-06). "Rudder 8.0 is out, discover our new major branch". Rudder. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ^ Saadé, Lisa (2025-04-29). "Rudder 8.3 for continuous vulnerability management". Rudder. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
External links
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