Puppet Beyond the Basics

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Puppet is an open source configuration management tool, which helps to eliminate the errors that occur with manual tasks. This path of courses takes an in-depth look at the architecture of Puppet and the techniques required to automate configuration on the nodes managed by Puppet. This path also covers the advanced features of Puppet, some best practices, troubleshooting, and server administration.

Cursusinhoud

Puppet Master and Server

Course: 31 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Reviewing the Puppet Topology
• Runtime Environment of the Puppet Server
• Installing Puppet Server
• Setting Up Names and Certificates
• Reviewing the Configuration Steps
• Installing and Removing RubyGems

Additional Language Features of Puppet

Course: 31 Minutes

• Types of Variables
• Applying Control Branching Statements
• Writing and Calling Built-in and Custom Functions
• Understanding Node Definitions
• Accessing Facts by Using Puppet Code
• Puppet Scaling Issues

Working with Puppet Agents

Course: 16 Minutes

• The Agent/Master Certificate Process
• Executing Main Manifest
• Diving Deep into the Agent/Master Communication

Automating Puppet Agents

Course: 28 Minutes

• Understanding the Start Options for Puppet Agent
• Starting Puppet Agent by Using the CLI
• Executing Puppet Agent as a Service
• Executing Puppet Agent as a Scheduled cron Job
• Identifying Configuration Issues While Logging

Working with Puppet Apply

Course: 27 Minutes

• Functionality and Features of Puppet Apply
• Understanding the Run Environment of Puppet Apply
• Communicating Over the Network
• Handling Reporting and Logging
• Using Puppet Apply to Manage Systems

Practice: Executing a Puppet Agent

Course: 5 Minutes

• Exercise: Configure and Schedule a Puppet Agent

Working with Modules

Course: 20 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Reviewing Best Practices and Writing Modules
• Using Modules and Plugins
• Installing and Uninstalling Modules
• Developing a Module and Deploying it on Puppet Forge

Working with Resources

Course: 26 Minutes

• Managing User Resources
• Managing File Resources
• Working on Scheduled Tasks
• Managing Package Resources
• Managing Service Resources

Reporting Puppet Actions

Course: 18 Minutes

• Generating Reports and Analyzing YAML
• Creating Custom Reports in Ruby
• Using the New Report Format

Understanding Security Certificates and SSL

Course: 15 Minutes

• External CA Support
• Using Certificates from an Existing External CA
• Configuring External SSL Termination

Developing with Vagrant and Puppet

Course: 26 Minutes

• Comparing the Functionality of Puppet and Vagrant
• Creating Virtual Machines
• Creating a Puppet Manifest
• Using Puppet for Provisioning
• Virtualization and Provisioning

Working with Hiera

Course: 31 Minutes

• Basics of Hiera
• Installing Hiera
• Configuring Hiera
• Using Puppet and Hiera Together
• Creating a Puppet Module Extrapolated by Hiera

Practice: Provisioning VMs with Puppet

Course: 5 Minutes

• Exercise: Create Vagrant VMs Provisioned with Puppet