Alternatives to Cobbler

Cobbler is a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments. Built with Python, it provides automated OS deployment, configuration management, and network boot services for bare metal and virtual machine provisioning. Find open source and proprietary alternatives that serve similar purposes.

More deployment-automation projects

Discover other open source projects in the deployment-automation category:

Fabric

Fabric is a Python library and command-line tool for streamlining the use of SSH for application deployment or systems administration tasks. It provides a simple, Pythonic interface for executing shell commands remotely over SSH, making deployment automation accessible and efficient.

pythonssh

Stars

15,181

Relative Popularity

66

License

BSD-2-Clause

Capistrano

Capistrano is a remote server automation and deployment tool written in Ruby. It allows you to deploy your application to any number of machines simultaneously, in sequence, or as a rolling set via SSH, providing reliable and repeatable deployment processes.

deploymentruby

Stars

12,823

Relative Popularity

55

License

MIT

Munki

Munki is a webserver-based repository of packages and package metadata that allows macOS administrators to manage software installs. Built with Python, it provides a comprehensive solution for deploying, updating, and removing software on macOS systems in enterprise environments.

macospython

Stars

3,262

Relative Popularity

14

License

NOASSERTION

CloudStack

CloudStack is an open-source cloud computing software platform for creating, managing, and deploying infrastructure cloud services. Built with Java and Python, it provides a complete Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution with comprehensive virtualization and cloud management capabilities.

cloud-computingiaas

Stars

2,475

Relative Popularity

13

License

Apache-2.0

OpenNebula

OpenNebula is a cloud computing platform for managing heterogeneous distributed data center infrastructures. Built with C++ and Ruby, it provides a comprehensive solution for building and managing enterprise clouds with support for multiple hypervisors and cloud architectures.

cloud-computingvirtualization

Stars

1,529

Relative Popularity

8

License

Apache-2.0

Overcast

Overcast is a tool for deploying VMs across different cloud providers and running commands and scripts across any or all of them in parallel via SSH. Built with Node.js, it provides a unified interface for multi-cloud infrastructure management and automation.

multi-cloudnodejs

Stars

485

Relative Popularity

2

License

MIT

CloudSlang

CloudSlang is a flow-based orchestration tool for managing deployed applications with Docker capabilities. Built with Java, it provides a YAML-based language for creating automated workflows and managing complex deployment scenarios with extensive integration capabilities.

orchestration

Stars

88

Relative Popularity

1

License

Apache-2.0

Genesis

Genesis is a template framework for multi-environment BOSH deployments. Written in Perl, it provides a powerful templating system for managing complex BOSH deployments across multiple environments with shared configurations and environment-specific customizations.

boshperl

Stars

60

Relative Popularity

0

License

MIT