OpenVox Migration Check for Puppet

openvox migration: 6 findings in one 10-line Rocky 9 bootstrap script — every Puppet package, repo, image and gem line that has to change before a fleet runs on OpenVox, each with the exact OpenVox replacement.

Hub page and free web version: https://getreadystack.com/tools/openvox-migration-check

Why this exists

In November 2024 Perforce announced that new Puppet binaries would move to a private, licence-gated location (Puppet Core: a free developer licence covers up to 25 nodes, a subscription is needed above that). The last open source release to yum.puppetlabs.com and apt.puppetlabs.com was Puppet 8.10 on 2024-10-22. Open source Puppet 7 reached end of life on 2025-04-30. The community fork, OpenVox (Vox Pupuli), shipped its first release on 2025-01-21 and is functionally equivalent from 8.11: same commands, same config paths, but different package names, repos, images and gem.

Search-and-replace on "puppet" breaks things, because /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet agent and puppetserver ca list stay the same under OpenVox. Chat assistants still write dnf install puppet-agent from yum.puppet.com. This extension only flags the lines that really change.

Yardstick

The alternative to migrating is a Puppet Core subscription for every fleet above 25 nodes.

What it flags (12 rules)

Package rules (OVX004-006) only fire on install/package/ensure lines, so plain puppetserver ca list commands are left alone. Comment lines are skipped. Backslash-continued shell lines are joined before matching. Repo rules append how many days the Perforce open source repo has been frozen as of today (707 days on 2026-09-29).

Files it reads

Puppetfile, Gemfile, Dockerfile, Containerfile, *.pp manifests, *.sh bootstrap scripts, *.yaml / *.yml Hiera and CI files, *.repo, *.list, *.rb.

Measured on the bundled fixtures

• Dirty bootstrap script (10 lines): 6 findings — OVX001, OVX003, OVX004, OVX006, OVX009, OVX008.
• Clean OpenVox script (10 lines, still calls /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet agent and puppetserver ca list): 0 findings.

Use

Open a file, press Ctrl+Shift+P, type "OpenVox" and run the check command. Findings appear in the Problems panel with the replacement in the message. The one-file check is free and needs no account.

Scanning every file in the repository at once and exporting one Markdown migration checklist for a change ticket need a licence key (Command Palette → enter licence key).

Sources

• Vox Pupuli install page: https://voxpupuli.org/openvox/install/
• Perforce Puppet Core licence (2025-02-04): https://www.perforce.com/system/files/2025-02/Puppet-Core-Terms-and-Conditions.pdf
• Puppet 7 lifecycle: https://www.puppet.com/docs/puppet/7/platform_lifecycle.html