Configuration Automation with Puppet

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9h 30m

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Intermediate

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November 21, 2024

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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.

10 Sections
40 Lessons
9h 30m Duration

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Introduction

5 Lessons

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

5 Lessons

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

3 Lessons

Creating a master and agent
Installing the Puppet master
Installing and connecting the agent

The Puppet Language

4 Lessons

Resources as a concept
Classes
Ordering
Different ways of including/requiring classes

Resources and Types

5 Lessons

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

2 Lessons

Including classes and modules
Puppet Forge content

Hiera

6 Lessons

Hiera lookups
Hiera lookup precedence/order
08. Advanced Puppet Language
Using facts, hiera, and other variables
Ruby in Puppet manifests – loops, conditionals, etc.
Resource collectors

Puppet at Scale

4 Lessons

Node classification
Puppet manifest deployment with r10k
Puppet reporting with puppetdb
Using Bolt for quick actions

Common Puppet Problems

3 Lessons

Avoiding ordering loops
Investigating resources that apply every run
Monitoring Puppet agents for failures using reporting

Puppet Enterprise

3 Lessons

Install process
Puppet Code Manager
Enterprise Console

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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