<s>
Otter	B-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
infrastructure	O
automation	O
tool	O
,	O
designed	O
by	O
the	O
software	O
company	O
Inedo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built	O
specifically	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	O
,	O
Otter	B-General_Concept
utilizes	O
Infrastructure	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
Code	I-Architecture
to	O
model	O
infrastructure	O
and	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otter	B-General_Concept
provisions	O
and	O
configure	O
servers	O
automatically	O
,	O
without	O
logging	O
in	O
to	O
a	O
command	O
prompt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otter	B-General_Concept
focuses	O
on	O
two	O
key	O
areas	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Otter	B-General_Concept
also	O
has	O
drift	O
monitoring	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otter	B-General_Concept
has	O
a	O
visual	O
,	O
web-based	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
that	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
"	O
create	O
complex	O
configurations	O
and	O
orchestrations	O
using	O
the	O
intuitive	O
,	O
drag-and-drop	O
editor	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
switch	O
to-and-from	O
code/text	O
mode	O
as	O
needed.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Otter	B-General_Concept
aims	O
to	O
enable	O
DevOps	O
practices	O
through	O
its	O
UI	O
,	O
and	O
shows	O
the	O
configuration	O
state	O
of	O
an	O
organization	O
's	O
servers	O
infrastructure	O
(	O
local	O
,	O
virtual	O
,	O
cloud-built	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otter	B-General_Concept
has	O
first-class	O
Windows	O
support	O
and	O
supports	O
Linux-based	O
operating	O
systems	O
through	O
SSH	O
based	O
agents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otter	B-General_Concept
monitors	O
servers	O
for	O
configuration	O
changes	O
,	O
and	O
reports	O
when	O
the	O
configuration	O
has	O
drifted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otter	B-General_Concept
supports	O
both	O
agent	O
and	O
agent-less	O
windows	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
in	O
Version	O
1.5	O
Otter	B-General_Concept
integrates	O
with	O
Atlassian	B-Protocol
Jira	I-Protocol
and	O
Git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
key	O
feature	O
of	O
Otter	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
PowerShell	I-Application
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
tool	O
designed	O
with	O
"	O
first-class	O
"	O
Windows	O
support	O
,	O
this	O
feature	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
leverage	O
their	O
existing	O
scripts	O
and	O
scripts	O
built	O
by	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
PowerShell	I-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
