, ▁deploy ▁applications , ▁and ▁manage ▁change ▁to ▁deployed ▁servers . ▁ ▁For eman ▁provides ▁provision ing ▁on ▁bare - met al ▁( through ▁managed ▁D H CP , ▁DNS , ▁T F TP , ▁and ▁P X E - based ▁un att ended ▁install ations ), ▁virtual ization ▁and ▁cloud . ▁For eman ▁provides ▁compreh ensive , ▁aud itable ▁interaction ▁facilities ▁including ▁a ▁web ▁front end , ▁a ▁command ▁line ▁interface , ▁and ▁a ▁robust ▁REST ▁API . ▁ ▁History ▁Initial ▁development ▁on ▁For eman ▁started ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁under ▁a ▁different ▁project ▁name . ▁The ▁initial ▁release ▁ 0 . 1 ▁was ▁committed ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁by ▁Oh ad ▁Le vy . ▁ ▁Av ail ability ▁For eman ▁is ▁target ed ▁on ▁Linux ▁operating ▁systems , ▁but ▁users ▁reported ▁successful ▁install ations ▁on ▁Microsoft ▁Windows , ▁B SD , ▁and ▁mac OS . ▁ ▁The ▁core ▁For eman ▁team ▁maintain s ▁repositories ▁for ▁various ▁Linux ▁distributions : ▁Fed ora , ▁Red ▁Hat ▁Enter prise ▁Linux ▁( and ▁derivatives ▁such ▁as ▁Cent OS ), ▁Deb ian , ▁and ▁Ubuntu . ▁ ▁Pl ugins ▁For eman ▁comes ▁with ▁freely ▁available ▁plugins ▁to ▁increase ▁functionality . ▁All ▁plugins ▁are ▁available ▁on ▁G ithub . ▁ ▁Release ▁history ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁Ruby ▁on ▁Rails ▁ ▁Pu ppet ▁( software ) ▁ ▁Che f ▁( software ) ▁ ▁Salt ▁( software ) ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁ ▁Category : Free ▁software ▁program med ▁in ▁Ruby ▁Category