Puppet Enterprise LTS 2019.8 is now available!

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Puppet Product Updates

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Jun 23, 2020, 5:58:17 PM6/23/20

We're happy to announce the new LTS release of Puppet Enterprise, version 2019.8. This release provides many new features and enhancements to help you and your team scale your enterprise while curtailing cost.

Updates include:

Upgrade enhancements that speed and simplify upgrades, identify potential risks, and offer visibility into changes to expect with each update.
Improved stability with reduced CPU and memory usage needed to run Puppet, and simplified horizontal scaling, with PuppetDB services installed on compilers.
Patch management capabilities in the console, which let you view the patch status for your nodes, filter available patches, and run a pre-filled task to apply patches to selected nodes.
A refreshed console designed to surface common workflows, improve navigation, and provide a more intuitive and consistent experience.
Ability to reuse existing Puppet code to orchestrate tasks and plans, including a simplified process for including parameters.
Scalability improvements to Code Manager with more available modules.

You can find more details about the current release in the 2019.8 release notes.

If you’re upgrading from the previous LTS release, there are a lot more updates in store for you. Check out What's new since PE 2018.1.

If you’re ready to upgrade, you can download PE 2019.8 here.

A note on the version number: We received feedback from some customers that they expected this LTS release to be version 2020. The PE 2019.8 LTS is the culmination of the previous non-LTS releases, it’s still on the very stable Puppet 6 platform, and it does not have breaking changes or backward compatibility issues. Based on our naming patterns, this release therefore wasn't suited for a new major version number. We apologize if the version number creates any confusion. You can find more details about the Puppet Enterprise lifecycle here. If you need further clarification, please let us know.

We want your feedback! If you'd like to share your experience with this release, provide input into planned features, or if you have something to tell us about anything else important to you, please let us know directly at pepr...@puppet.com.