ANSIBLE AND TERRAFORM SCRIPT PLATFORM
Reimagine scripts automation for your entire enterprise
Steampunk Spotter is a platform for improving your Terraform Plans and Ansible Playbook quality, security, and performance. It helps teams trust every script run by scanning issues, validating best practices, and guiding upgrades — all in one place.
Improve scripts quality and reliability
Enhance security & compliance
Speed up upgrades and migrations
Standardize automation practices
Spotter Features
Script Scanning
Continuously review scripts for risks, misconfigurations, policy violations, best practice deviations, and upgrade issues.
Custom Policies
Seamlessly integrate your unique internal policies, regulatory standards, and compliance requirements into the scanning process.
SBOM, CVE and Security Collection Reports
Get visibility into the dependencies that playbooks and collections rely on, giving teams the information they need to make informed decisions about whether it's safe to use.
Supply Chain Management
Proactively control which dependencies are used in your scripts, reducing risk, improving reliability, and ensuring compliance.
CIS Benchmark Validation
Stay compliant with prebuilt REGO policy libraries built for major CIS Benchmarks: Cisco IOS, RHEL10, RHEL9, RHEL8, Azure, AWS, Windows.
Collection-based Validation
Automatically identify misconfiguration risks in Ansible collections to ensure secure collection usage and adherence to best practices.
AI Policy Generator
Generate policies from plain language with AI. Faster, more accessible policy development that enables efficient governance automation based on specific requirements and needs.
Team management
Bring your automation team together to collaborate, share insights, and keep your playbooks secure and reliable.
Analytics and Reporting
Get one clear view of your entire Ansible and Terraform automation landscape. Easily download reports and share them with your team.
Integrations
Seamlessly integrate Spotter into your CI/CD pipelines, code editors and workflow tools. Wherever you do your best work, Spotter is right by your side.
AAP Integration
Ensure Ansible Playbooks are error-free and secure before execution on Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, and handle runtime errors for reliable automation.
LDAP Integration
Spotter’s LDAP integration with custom user mapping and SSO lets you secure and manage thousands of Ansible projects in under 30 minutes.
Enterprise-Ready Migration at Scale
Spotter is designed for complex, high-volume enterprise environments in different industries, including banking, insurance, telecommunication, and more.
Multi-workspace and team support
Integration with CI/CD pipelines
Security and compliance built-in
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SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE
Improve security and ensure compliance across your Ansible and Terraform scripts
Identify vulnerabilities, follow compliance best practices, and prevent security risks before they impact your automation.
UPGRADE AND MIGRATION
Upgrade and migrate scripts in minutes instead of hours
Speed up your upgrades with automatic issue detection, seamless playbook rewrites, and insights you can act on immediately.
SCRIPT STANDARDIZATION
Enable script standardization and bring order to your playbooks and plans
Achieve consistent scripts that follow best practices in Ansible and Terraform automation and ensure your scripts are well-structured, secure, maintainable, and scalable.
SAFEGUARD ANSIBLE AUTOMATION PLATFORM WORKFLOWS
Optimize Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Workflows
Spotter integrates with AAP to validate playbooks in the pipeline, ensuring only secure automation reaches production.
FSI
Streamlining Ansible Playbook Migration and Upgrade for One of the Top Global FSIs with Steampunk Spotter
Telecommunications
How Deutsche Telekom MMS optimizes Ansible Playbooks with Steampunk Spotter
Insurance
Scaling Automation: Modernizing Playbooks Without the Manual Work
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Spotter’s LDAP Integration
Simplifying user and permission management.
SBOM & CVE Analysis for Ansible Collections with Steampunk Spotter
Generate a complete Software Bill of Materials, identify vulnerabilities, and review dependency graphs—all in one tool.
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FAQ
Does Spotter scan Terraform Plans?
Yes, Spotter scans Terraform Plans for misconfigurations, security issues, policy violations, and best practice deviations – the same way it scans Ansible Playbooks. Teams get consistent governance across both automation frameworks in a single platform.
How does Spotter integrate with our existing automation workflows?
Spotter integrates directly into enterprise automation workflows through CI/CD pipelines and validation stages. It scans and validates playbooks before execution, ensuring only compliant and secure automation reaches production environments.
Can Spotter enforce our internal security and compliance policies?
Yes. Spotter allows teams to create custom policies that reflect internal security guidelines, regulatory standards, and operational best practices. These policies are automatically applied during playbook scans to enforce compliance across teams.
Can I use the same custom policies for both Ansible and Terraform?
Yes. Custom policies in Spotter apply across both Ansible Playbooks and Terraform Plans, letting teams enforce consistent internal standards, regulatory requirements, and compliance rules regardless of which automation tool they’re using.
Does Spotter support compliance frameworks like CIS or cloud benchmarks?
Yes. Spotter supports validation against common compliance frameworks such as CIS benchmarks and cloud security guidelines. Teams can also build custom rules tailored to internal standards and specific infrastructure environments.
How does Spotter help manage Ansible dependencies?
Spotter provides supply chain visibility by analyzing dependencies used in playbooks and collections. It generates SBOM reports, CVE insights, and security collection reports, helping teams identify potential vulnerabilities and make informed decisions about the dependencies they use.
Can Spotter integrate with our identity and access management systems?
Yes. Spotter supports LDAP integration with SSO and custom user mapping, allowing enterprises to manage access across thousands of Ansible projects securely and efficiently.
Can Spotter support multiple teams and large organizations?
Yes. Spotter is designed for enterprise environments with multi-workspace and team support, allowing organizations to manage automation across multiple departments, projects, and infrastructure environments.
How quickly can Spotter be deployed in an enterprise environment?
Most enterprise deployments can be configured quickly. With LDAP integration and automated onboarding, organizations can secure and manage thousands of Ansible projects in under 30 minutes.
