Otter (software)

Otter
Developer(s) Inedo
Stable release
2.0.3 / January 2018
Operating system Microsoft Windows and Linux
Type Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code
License Proprietary
Website inedo.com/otter

Otter is an infrastructure automation tool, designed by the software company Inedo. Built specifically to support Windows, Otter utilizes Infrastructure as Code to model infrastructure and configuration.[1]

Otter provisions and configure 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 also has drift monitoring capabilities. It 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 has first-class Windows support 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] Otter supports both agent and agent-less windows servers.[8]

Beginning in Version 1.5 Otter integrates with Atlassian Jira and Git. This functionality is enabled through extensions.[9] Otter user, SureID, utilizes Otter in conjunction with Chocolatey and TeamCity [10]

PowerShell

A key feature of Otter is the Windows PowerShell integration. As a tool designed with "first-class" Windows support, this feature allows users to leverage their existing scripts and scripts built by the Windows PowerShell community.[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. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Plans in Otter". inedo.com. inedo. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  8. ↑ "Otter 1.4 is released". inedo.com. inedo. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Otter 1.5 is released". inedo.com. inedo. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "SureID remediates server drift with the push of a button". inedo.com. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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