Overview
The Marionette Collective AKA mcollective is a framework to build server orchestration or parallel job execution systems.
Mcollective’s primary use is to programmatically execute actions on clusters of servers. In this regard it operates in the same space as tools like Func, Fabric or Capistrano.
By not relying on central inventories and tools like SSH, it’s not simply a fancy SSH “for loop”. MCollective uses modern tools like Publish Subscribe Middleware and modern philosophies like real time discovery of network resources using meta data and not hostnames. Delivering a very scalable and very fast parallel execution environment.
The focus is on catering to the needs of enterprises and large deploys. Pluggable Authentication, Authorization and Auditing capabilities sets it apart from other tools in this space.
- Homepage: http://www.puppetlabs.com/mcollective
- Subprojects: MCollective Plugins
Members
Manager: Michael Stahnke, Nigel Kersten, R.I. Pienaar, Zach Leslie
Developer: Adrien Thebo, Aimee Fahey, Alanna Brown, Amy Hoang, Ann Franck, Ben Hughes, Brent Caldwell, Carl Caum, Carrie Odell, Celia Cottle, Char Moe, Charlotte Caswell, Chris Price, Chris Spence, Cody Herriges, Dan Bode, Dan Hogland, Daniel Pittman, Daniel Sauble, David Gwilliam, Deepak Giridharagopal, Devon St.Clair, Dominic Maraglia, Dustin Thomas, Eric Shamow, Fred Lifton, Fritz Siebert, Garrett Honeycutt, Gary Larizza, Hunter Haugen, Jack Norman, James Turnbull, Jason McKerr, Jeff McCune, Joe Lokis, John Grim, Jose Palafox, Josh Cooper, Joshua Lifton, Julie Crawford, Justin Stoller, Kelsey Hightower, Ken Barber, Krzysztof Wilczynski, Kyle Smith, Luke Kanies, Matt Robinson, Matthaus Litteken, Max Martin, Michael Higgins, Michael Kincaid, Michael Stahnke, Michelle Carroll, Moses Mendoza, Nan Liu, Nick Fagerlund, Nick Lewis, Nigel Kersten, Patrick Carlisle, Pieter Loubser, Pieter van de Bruggen, Puppet Labs Security, R.I. Pienaar, Randall Hansen, Rick Bradley, Ryan Coleman, Scott Campbell, Scott Johnston, shubhra sinha varma, Teyo Tyree, Zach Leslie
Reporter: Abhishek Kumar, Adam Edwards, Adam Gibbins, Andrew Forgue, Chris Read, David Gordon, Dean Smith, Dean Wilson, Dennis Matotek, derek olsen, donavan m, eric sorenson, Greg Retkowski, Hal Snyder, Jared Brothers, Jens Bräuer, Jordan Sissel, Joshua Hoblitt, Kiall Mac Innes, Krzysztof Wilczynski, Louis Coilliot, Luke Bigum, Marc Cluet, Mark Stanislav, Matthew Cashdollar, Max Bowsher, Mike Pountney, Nan Liu, Nicolas Szalay, Nigel Kersten, Omry Yadan, Peter Meier, Pieter Loubser, R.I. Pienaar, Ranjib Dey, Riccardo Setti, Richard Clamp
Support Staff: Adrien Thebo, Aimee Fahey, Alanna Brown, Amy Hoang, Ann Franck, Ben Hughes, Brent Caldwell, Carl Caum, Carrie Odell, Celia Cottle, Char Moe, Charlotte Caswell, Chris Price, Chris Spence, Cody Herriges, Dan Bode, Dan Hogland, Daniel Pittman, Daniel Sauble, David Gwilliam, Deepak Giridharagopal, Devon St.Clair, Dominic Maraglia, Dustin Thomas, Eric Shamow, Fred Lifton, Fritz Siebert, Garrett Honeycutt, Gary Larizza, Hunter Haugen, Jack Norman, James Turnbull, Jason McKerr, Jeff McCune, Joe Lokis, John Grim, Jose Palafox, Josh Cooper, Joshua Lifton, Julie Crawford, Justin Stoller, Kelsey Hightower, Ken Barber, Kyle Smith, Luke Kanies, Matt Robinson, Matthaus Litteken, Max Martin, Michael Higgins, Michael Kincaid, Michael Stahnke, Michelle Carroll, Moses Mendoza, Nan Liu, Nick Fagerlund, Nick Lewis, Nigel Kersten, Patrick Carlisle, Pieter Loubser, Pieter van de Bruggen, Puppet Labs Security, R.I. Pienaar, Randall Hansen, Rick Bradley, Ryan Coleman, Scott Campbell, Scott Johnston, shubhra sinha varma, Teyo Tyree, Zach Leslie
Contributor License Signers: R.I. Pienaar, Zach Leslie, Luke Kanies, Jeff McCune, Teyo Tyree, Dan Bode, Cody Herriges, Matt Robinson, Nick Lewis, Dominic Maraglia, Hunter Haugen, James Turnbull, Dean Smith, Dean Wilson, Nicolas Szalay, Mike Pountney, Jordan Sissel, Jared Brothers, Nick Fagerlund, Pieter Loubser, Garrett Honeycutt, Amy Hoang, Chris Read, Nigel Kersten, Richard Clamp, Krzysztof Wilczynski, Riccardo Setti, Ken Barber, Mark Stanislav, Peter Meier, Jason McKerr, Max Martin, Randall Hansen, Ben Hughes, Kiall Mac Innes, donavan m, Daniel Pittman, Adrien Thebo, Michael Kincaid, Matthew Cashdollar, Nan Liu, Pieter van de Bruggen, Michael Stahnke, Josh Cooper, Gary Larizza, Marc Cluet, Scott Campbell, Carl Caum, Dan Hogland, Scott Johnston, Matthaus Litteken, Deepak Giridharagopal, Eric Shamow, Rick Bradley, Joshua Lifton, Daniel Sauble, Adam Gibbins, Michael Higgins, Justin Stoller, shubhra sinha varma, Luke Bigum, Kelsey Hightower, Ryan Coleman, Devon St.Clair, Patrick Carlisle, Jens Bräuer, Louis Coilliot, Jose Palafox, Chris Price, Chris Spence, derek olsen, Andrew Forgue