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Puppetlabs Modules Roundup – February 2026

Welcome back to the Puppetlabs Modules Roundup! This series is all about keeping you in the loop on what’s new and updated in the Perforce Puppet puppetlabs modules on the Forge. This month we look back at the latest updates from February 2026.

If you want a quick look at the latest developments across the Puppet module ecosystem, this is the place to catch up!

Highlighted Updates

SQL Server 2025 and DSC Reporting Fixes

  • The latest sqlserver module release now supports SQL Server 2025
  • The latest sce_windows module corrects DSC reporting issues.

Continued Deprecation of Puppet 7 in New Releases

A few more modules received updates to have better alignment with Puppet Core and have stopped supporting Puppet 7 in the new releases, in line with changes to other modules from previous months.

  • Docker
  • firewall
  • inifile
  • sqlserver

What Updates Happened to Puppetlabs Modules in February 2026?

The following is an alphabetical listing of modules which received updates in February 2026. If a module had multiple versions released the updates are collected together, numbered with the "latest" version available.


docker 10.4.0

📅 Latest release: 2026-02-10 (🌐 View on the Forge)

Several updates to support Puppet Core better and updates for APT keyrings:

  • Now uses puppetlabs-apt for modern APT keyrings on Debian family (by kenyon)

  • APT keyring used to manage GPG key (by techsk8)

  • Dependency on cgroupfs-mount for Debian Trixie has been removed (by zen-fu)

  • Services with restart no are now ignored in the exists? method

  • Puppet 7 support removed

  • Target ruby version updated to 3.1 (2.7 removed)

  • Changes to better support PDK latest releases

  • CI tests now run against Ubuntu 24.04 (replacing Ubuntu 20.04)


firewall 8.3.0

📅 Latest release: 2026-02-09 (🌐 View on the Forge)

Several updates to support Puppet Core better and updates for SUSE IPv6:

  • IPv6 rule saving command added for SUSE in utility

  • Puppet 7 support removed

  • Target ruby version updated to 3.1 (2.7 removed)

  • Changes to better support PDK latest releases

  • CI tests now run against Debian 12 instead of Debian 10 for primary testing


influxdb 3.0.1

📅 Latest release: 2026-02-05 (🌐 View on the Forge)

Small release here to provide an updated GPG key.


inifile 6.3.1

📅 Latest release: 2026-02-17 (🌐 View on the Forge)

Several updates to support Puppet Core better and updates for handling empty sections:

  • Removing the last setting of a section will no longer remove the “empty” section (by smortex)

  • Puppet 7 support removed

  • Target ruby version updated to 3.1 (2.7 removed)

  • Changes to better support PDK latest releases


puppet_agent 4.27.0

📅 Latest release: 2026-02-24 (🌐 View on the Forge)

Debian 13 (Trixie) acceptance tests added for ARM and x86_64


pwshlib 2.0.1

📅 Latest release: 2026-02-24 (🌐 View on the Forge)

This release fixes per-property change event reporting in PE when using DSC resources with custom_insync.


sce_windows 2.2.1

📅 Latest release: 2026-02-24 (🌐 View on the Forge)

SCE for Windows now supports the latest versions of the puppetlabs‑pwshlib dependency, including a fix for DSC reporting issues. In addition, resource names are updated to correctly reference SCE instead of the legacy CEM name.


sqlserver 5.1.0

📅 Latest release: 2026-02-26 (🌐 View on the Forge)

Support was added for SQL Server 2025 along with changes to better support Puppet Core.

  • Support added for SQL Server 2025

  • Several changes to match with requirements for Puppet Core

  • Puppet 7 support removed

  • Target ruby version updated to 3.1 (2.6 removed)

  • Changes to better support PDK latest releases


Until Next Time!

That’s a wrap for this roundup! If you want to dive deeper into any of these modules, check out the module documentation on the Forge or explore the individual module repos on GitHub for more details.

Got feedback or ideas for future updates? We’d love to hear from you! Add a comment here or join the conversation in the Perforce Community Slack.

Catch you at the next roundup!

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