Features
Main features
Check/enforce mode
Use one of two modes depending on your needs: check configurations only or correct them. Set the modes at the global, machine or configuration level.
Dynamic configurations
Automate global configuration management while easily taking into account all exceptions on each machine.
Dynamic groups
Create dynamic groups based on inventory and data criterias. Each new machine will be automatically classified.
Dashboards
Quickly monitor the health of your IT environment and share it with other teams.
Multiplatform agents
Centralize all the management of your systems. Agents work for Linux, Windows, AIX, Raspberry Pi, Solaris.
API-based design
Driven by API, Rudder integrates perfectly with your IT environment and workflows. With the API, you can also create specific reports or interfaces. It's a powerful tool for DevOps teams.
Configuration & patch management
Configuration builder
Easily create configurations through a user-friendly interface. No need to learn a new language.
Modular configurations
Create your own configuration modules for simplified configuration management. And build complex components that can be easily reused by others.
Declarative configurations
Define the desired state of your infrastructure through your configurations. No need to think about how to reach it, Rudder does it for you.
Hierarchical data management
Manage exceptions in your systems by associating data with an instance, a node or a group; fine-tune merge and override policies; and view computed values.
Drift management
Anomaly detection and remediation with self-healing (within 5 minutes).
System provisioning
Go from a minimal OS installation to a fully configured system in minutes. Rudder takes care of customizing the installation to suit your needs.
Continuous deployment
Achieve continuous deployments for applications, configurations, files, scripts, registered keys… That easily integrates with CI/CD stacks.
Progressive rollout
Create new configurations and deploy them step by step over your infrastructure.
System updates
Check and ensure your systems and applications have the latest update installed. Apply patches if necessary.
Patch campaigns
Simply create and plan your multi-OS patch campaigns with many options as recurrence, restart/reboot option... Campaign events are then created and run automatically.
Micropatching
Create and run patch campaigns targeting specific packages. In this way, you can quickly remediate critical vulnerabilities on your systems and limit security risks.
Patch reports
Monitor past event campaigns and their results. You have continuous visibility into patch management.
Security management
Custom security policies
Easily create and customize security policies through a user-friendly interface. You can manage internal security policies of your organizations, standards (ISO 27001, PCI-DSS…) and system hardening.
Continuous audit
Managed systems are checked autonomously every 5 minutes by agents.
CVE assessment
Continuously detect vulnerabilities in your systems. And get detailed information to properly remediate them.
CVE reports
Get reports on CVEs through the API. You can filter CVE before exporting them. This gives you more accurate and easier-to-understand results.
Audit security standards
Audit security standards with Rudder such as CIS benchmarks, SecNumCloud, etc. And check system compliance.
OpenSCAP audit
Automatically trigger OpenSCAP audits, then collect and make the results available directly in Rudder interface.
Control and visibility
Compliance view
Get an overview of your infrastructure’s configuration and security compliance. You can also view compliance by rule, by machine or by directive.
Full configuration versioning
Track every configuration changes through versioning. Each version allows audit, control and rollback management.
Reporting
Create and export visual reports about infrastructure compliance. Report templates can be customized.
Complete inventory
Get a comprehensive inventory of all managed systems. The inventory is extendable and runs nightly and can be easily synchronized with other tools such as CMDB.
Technical feedback
Investigate configuration issues from high level overview to detailed logging of each node.
Activity logs
Get visibility of every change applied to configurations. Everything is tracked and logged.
Scalability and performance
Lightweight agent
Keep the best performance: agents check hundreds of components in seconds while using only a few MB to run.
Disconnected agent
Manage your infrastructure at any time. Agents are network-proof and can continue to audit and enforce configurations without connecting to the Rudder server.
High availability
Always maintain high availability thanks to a replica Rudder server in standby mode that can be spinned up in minutes.
Relay servers
Connect remote networks to Rudder server and enhance connectivity of unreliable networks.
Resilient communication protocols
Manage infrastructure with minimal network flows and pull-based distribution.
Teamwork
Configuration DSL
Define configurations directly as code, which will be compiled to ensure high reliability.
External authentication
Use your company directory with AD, LDAP and SSO to connect to Rudder.
User rights management
Manage users access to the interface with different roles that you can customize. Users also get a personal API token to automate actions.
Change requests
Have a coworker or a peer review your change before deploying it to production.
Customizable interface
Customize the user interface with your own custom theme.
