https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/puppet/ Recent content in Puppet on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-02-devsec-hardening-vs-ansible-vs-puppet-cis-server-hardening-guide/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-02-devsec-hardening-vs-ansible-vs-puppet-cis-server-hardening-guide/ <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Server hardening is the systematic process of reducing a server&rsquo;s attack surface by disabling unnecessary services, applying secure configurations, and enforcing least-privilege principles. The CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks define hundreds of specific controls for each operating system — a manual implementation takes days and is error-prone.</p>