Bolt is a Ruby command-line tool for executing commands, scripts, and tasks on remote systems using SSH and WinRM.

• Executes commands on remote nix and Windows systems.
• Distributes and execute scripts, such as Bash, PowerShell, Python.
• Scales to more than 1000 concurrent connections.
• Supports industry standard protocols (SSH/SCP, WinRM/PSRP) and authentication methods (password, publickey).

Installing bolt from a gem is not recommended since core modules will not be available. Please install bolt as a package

This repository is an example skeleton Bolt project. A Bolt project contains all of the configuration, code, and data loaded by Bolt. Read about Bolt projects to learn more.

├── .modules
├── bolt-project.yaml
├── data
│   └── common.yaml
├── hiera.yaml
├── inventory.yaml
├── modules
├── Puppetfile
├── README.md
├── manifests
│   └── init.pp
├── plans
│   └── init.pp
└── tasks
    ├── init.json
    └── init.sh

The bolt-project.yaml file sets configuration options in the context of the bolt project. bolt-project.yaml reference

The data directory is the default location to add hiera data for the project. Hiera reference

The default location for hiera configuration. Hiera configuration reference

The inventory.yaml file contains information about targets. You can group targets and define connection configuration. inventory.yaml reference

The Puppetfile acts as a lock file for modules listed in bolt-project.yaml. Bolt generates a Puppetfile each time you modify your modules with a Bolt command. Do not edit the Puppetfile directly. Instead, use Bolt commands to manage your modules, and rely on Bolt to manage the Puppetfile.

This is where modules defined in bolt-project.yaml are installed.

The modules directory contains project-specific Bolt modules, such as custom modules under development.

The manifests directory is used for Puppet manifest code that may be applied with Bolt.

The plans directory contains plans. Plans reference

The tasks directory contains tasks. Tasks reference

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