foreman

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[Foreman](https://theforeman.org) is a free open source project that gives you the power to easily **automate repetitive tasks**, quickly **deploy applications**, and proactively **manage your servers life cycle**, on-premises or in the cloud.

From **provisioning** and **configuration** to **orchestration** and **monitoring**, Foreman integrates with your existing infrastructure to make operations easier.

* Website: [theforeman.org](https://theforeman.org)
* ServerFault tag: [Foreman](https://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/foreman)
* Issues: [Redmine](https://projects.theforeman.org/issues)
* Wiki: [Foreman wiki](https://projects.theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/About)
* Forum: [Foreman Community](https://community.theforeman.org)
* Chat: We use [Libera.Chat](https://libera.chat) IRC channels
    * #theforeman for general support
    * #theforeman-dev for development chat

Using [Puppet](https://www.theforeman.org/manuals/latest/#4.2ManagingPuppet), [Ansible](https://theforeman.org/plugins/foreman_ansible/), [Chef](https://theforeman.org/plugins/foreman_chef/), [Salt](https://theforeman.org/plugins/foreman_salt/) and Foreman's [smart proxy](https://www.theforeman.org/manuals/latest/#4.3SmartProxies) architecture, you can easily automate repetitive tasks, quickly deploy applications, and proactively manage change, both on-premise with VMs and bare-metal or in the cloud.

Foreman provides comprehensive, interaction facilities including a **web frontend**, [**CLI**](https://theforeman.org/manuals/latest/index.html#4.5CommandLineInterface) and [**RESTful API**](https://theforeman.org/documentation.html) which enables you to build higher level business logic on top of a solid foundation.

Foreman is a mature project, deployed in [many organizations](https://projects.theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/Who_Uses_Foreman), managing from 10s to 10000s of servers. It is used in distributions such as RDO and RHOS (Red Hat OpenStack distribution) and has [an extensive library of plugins](https://projects.theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/List_of_Plugins).

# Features
* Automate your mixed infrastructure to make operations enjoyable
* Discover, provision and upgrade your entire bare-metal infrastructure
* Create and manage instances across private a