Rudder (software)

{{Infobox software

| name = Rudder

| logo = Rudder logo 2021.svg

| logo_size = 300px

| screenshot = Rudder 4.0 Dashboard.png

| caption = Screenshot of Rudder 4.0 Dashboard

| author = Normation

| developer = Normation

| released = {{release date and age|2011|10|31}}

| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/Normation/rudder}}

| programming language = Scala (server), Rust (server) and C (agent)

| operating system = Unix-like, Microsoft Windows, Android

| platform =

| language =

| genre = Configuration management, system administration, network management, cloud management, continuous delivery, DevOps

| license = GNU General Public License

| website = {{URL|https://www.rudder.io/}}

}}

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.

Rudder is produced by Normation,{{cite web|title=Rudder FAQ|url=http://www.rudder-project.org/site/documentation/faq/#who_is_behind_the_rudder_project|website=Rudder|accessdate=12 June 2015}} 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.{{cite web|title=Rudder FAQ|url=http://www.rudder-project.org/site/documentation/faq/#what_licences_apply_to_rudder|accessdate=12 June 2015}}

Features

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

Rudder was created by the founding team of Normation and first released as free software in October 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.rudder-project.org/foswiki/bin/view/System/Documentation:ChangeLog23|title=Rudder 2.3 release notes|website=Rudder|accessdate=12 June 2015}}

Rudder 3.0 was released in February 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.rudder-project.org/foswiki/bin/view/System/Documentation:ChangeLog30|title=Rudder 3.0 release notes|website=Rudder|accessdate=12 June 2015}}