SBLIM is an acronym for Standards Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability. The goal of this project is to provide a complete Open Source implementation of a WBEM-based management solution for Linux. SBLIM is licensed under the CPL.
Put simply, Puppet is a system for automating system administration tasks. To learn more, read our big picture overview of Puppet, or take a deeper look at what Puppet can do with the Puppet Introduction. There's also an about Puppet page which gives the highlights of Puppet's functionality.
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