<s>
Rudder	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
audit	O
and	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
utility	O
to	O
help	O
automate	O
system	O
configuration	O
across	O
large	O
IT	O
infrastructures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rudder	B-Protocol
relies	O
on	O
a	O
lightweight	O
local	O
agent	O
installed	O
on	O
each	O
managed	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rudder	B-Protocol
is	O
produced	O
by	O
Normation	O
,	O
founded	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
server-side	O
web	O
interface	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Scala	B-Application
and	O
its	O
local	O
agent	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
,	O
and	O
are	O
published	O
as	O
free	O
software	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rudder	B-Protocol
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
founding	O
team	O
of	O
Normation	O
and	O
first	O
released	O
as	O
free	O
software	O
in	O
October	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rudder	B-Protocol
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
operating	O
systems	O
are	O
supported	O
for	O
Rudder	B-Protocol
Nodes	O
and	O
packages	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
these	O
platforms	O
:	O
</s>
