OpenBolt

Configuration Management

Orchestration tool to run orchestration workflows or one-off tasks/scripts to automate the provisioning and management of nodes. Community fork of the last open source version of Puppet Bolt.

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Ruby Latest 5.5.0 · 1mo ago Security brief →

Features

Automates ad‑hoc and workflow orchestration tasks
Connects to remote systems via SSH or WinRM without agents
Executes existing scripts (YAML, PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ruby) as plans

Recent releases

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5.5.0 Breaking risk 1mo

Choria Transport implementation

Open

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5.3.0 Breaking risk 5mo

Name change + welcome message removal

Open

No immediate action

5.2.0 New feature 6mo

apply_prep installs openvox-agent

Open

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5.1.0 Breaking risk 7mo

Breaking upgrade

Ruby bump + rename + remove Bolt Server

Open

5.0.0-rc2 Breaking risk 10mo

Breaking changes

Removed Bolt Server component
Switched orchestration engine from puppet to openvox

Notable features

Support for json 2.x versions
Support for hiera-eyaml 4.x versions
Support for minitar 1.x versions

Full changelog

What's Changed

Breaking Changes 🛠

Remove Bolt Server by @jessereynolds in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/24
Switch from puppet to openvox by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/14

New Features 🎉

Allow json 2.x by @smortex in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/41
Allow hiera-eyaml 4.x by @smortex in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/38
Allow minitar 1.x by @smortex in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/39
Allow ruby_smb 2.x and 3.x by @smortex in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/40