This online instructor led training course provides the knowledge and skills to utilize Puppet, an open source software configuration management and deployment tool. In this course students will learn key topics including the what Puppet is, its supported platforms, Puppet OSS and Puppet Enterprise, Puppet concepts, building a lab, using different types of resources, Hiera lookups, and more.
| Format | Self-Paced |
|---|---|
| Topic |
Introduction
What Puppet is used for
The Puppet architecture – agent and master
Supported platforms
Connecting an agent to a master
Puppet OSS vs. Enterprise
Puppet Concepts
Puppet manifests compile to catalogs
Declarative programming rather than imperative
Resources must be idempotent
The Puppet run process
Parts of a Puppet system (introduce hiera, puppetdb)
Building a Lab
Creating a master and agent
Installing the Puppet master
Installing and connecting the agent
The Puppet Language
Resources as a concept
Classes
Ordering
Different ways of including/requiring classes
Resources and Types
Simple resource types – packages, services
Managing files
Templates, ERB and puppet template
Complex resources types – config file line, perhaps other examples
Using exec
Using Modules
Including classes and modules
Puppet Forge content
Hiera
Hiera lookups
Hiera lookup precedence/order
Advanced Puppet Language
Using facts, hiera, and other variables
Ruby in Puppet manifests – loops, conditionals, etc.
Resource collectors
Puppet at Scale
Node classification
Puppet manifest deployment with r10k
Puppet reporting with puppetdb
Using Bolt for quick actions
Common Puppet Problems
Avoiding ordering loops
Investigating resources that apply every run
Monitoring Puppet agents for failures using reporting
Puppet Enterprise
Install process
Puppet Code Manager
Enterprise Console
Understand what Puppet is
Know the differences between Puppet OSS and Enterprise
Understand Puppet concepts, including run process, declaritive programming, puppetdb, and more
Be able to build a lab by installing the Puppet master and the agent
Understand classes and ordering
Better understand Puppet resources and types
Understand Hiera lookups
Be able to describe Puppet at scale
Understand how to avoid the common Puppet ordering loops
Be able to install Puppet Enterprise and understand the Puppet Enterprise Console
This course is intended for sysadmins, SREs, DevOps engineers or similar who manage Windows, Linux, or Unix infrastructure and want to learn about Puppet and how it can be utilized to automate their infrastructure.
None, but we recommend that students have experience working with deploying applications on their operating system and familiarity with Ruby.
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