Otter
Developer(s)Inedo
Initial releaseNovember 10, 2015 (2015-11-10)
Stable release
2.2.22 / June 26, 2020 (2020-06-26)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows and Linux
Platform.NET Framework
TypeConfiguration management and infrastructure as code
LicenseProprietary
Websiteinedo.com/otter

Otter is an infrastructure automation tool that runs under Microsoft Windows, designed by the software company Inedo. Otter utilizes Infrastructure as Code to model infrastructure and configuration.[1]

Otter provisions and configures servers automatically, without logging in to a command prompt.[2]

Key areas

Otter focuses on two key areas:[1]

  • Configuration automation - Otter allows users to model the configuration of servers, roles, and environments; monitor for drift, schedule changes, and ensure consistency across servers
  • Orchestration automation - Otter can spin up cloud servers, build containers, deploy packages, patch servers, or any other multi-server/service automation

Otter can continuously monitor for server configuration drift, can automatically remediate drift, and can send notification when drift occurs.[3]

Key features

Otter has a visual, web-based user interface that is designed to "create complex configurations and orchestrations using the intuitive, drag-and-drop editor, and then switch to-and-from code/text mode as needed."[4] Otter aims to enable DevOps practices through its UI, and shows the configuration state of an organization's servers infrastructure (local, virtual, cloud-built).[5] Otter supports Microsoft Windows, and supports Linux-based operating systems through SSH-based agents.[6]

Otter monitors servers for configuration changes, and reports when the configuration has drifted.[7] It supports both agent and agentless Windows servers.[8]

From version 1.5, Otter integrates with Atlassian Jira and Git via extensions.[9]

PowerShell

Otter allows the use of Windows PowerShell scripts.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sweeney, Devin (10 January 2016). "Inedo Announces the Release of Otter, a New Tool for Infrastructure Automation" (Press release). Berea, OH: PRWeb. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Plans in Otter". inedo.com. inedo. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  3. ↑ "getting started with otter". Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  4. 1 2 Chaganti, Ravikanth (5 January 2016). "DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, and PowerShell DSC: The Introduction". PowerShell Magazine. PowerShell Magazine. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Server Configuration and Infrastructure Automation". inedo.com. inedo. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Otter 1.1 is here". inedo.com. inedo. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Plans in Otter". inedo.com. inedo. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  8. ↑ "Otter 1.4 is released". inedo.com. inedo. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Otter 1.5 is released". inedo.com. inedo. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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