Puppet

Overview

This hands-on corporate training on Puppet is targeted for the DevOps professionals, experienced sysadmins and enthusiasts similar to who are already using puppet, or who would want to use it to automate configuration management, system integration and also manage scalable infrastructures with ease.

Duration
3 Days

Pre-Requisites
  • Basic understanding of Linux or Unix system concepts
  • Basic understanding with Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • Basic understanding with a Text Editor

Course Outline

  • Introduction to Puppet

    • Evolution of Infrastructure
    • How can Puppet help to manage this Infrastructure?
    • Puppet Overview

     

    Setting up Learning Environment

    • Installing VirtualBox
    • Installing Vagrant
    • Importing Base Box
    • Additional Setup Tasks

     

    Resources, RALs and Manifests

    • Understand Puppet Resources
    • Resource Abstraction Layer
    • Manifests

     

    Modules, Ordering and The Trifecta

    • Write Nginx Module
    • Modules Overview

  • Modules Continued

    • Classes Overview
    • Ordering Resources
    • Resource Trifecta – Package, File and Service

     

    Variables and Facts and Conditionals

    • Variables
    • Facts
    • Conditional and Logical Constructs

     

    Templates

    • Static Contents Explosion
    • Using Dynamic Content with Templates
    • Templates Overview
    • ERB

     

    Code Compression with Defined Types and Classes

    • Code Compression Technique
    • Arrays
    • Defined Types
    • Classes
    • Parameterized Classes

  • Defined Typed and Parameterized Classes Continued

    • Puppet Master/Agent
    • Master/Agent Model
    • Installation
    • Configuring Puppet Enterprise Master
    • Configuring and Managing Node with Puppet

     

    Puppet Forge

    • Introduction to Puppet forge
    • Working with Puppet Forge
    • Puppet Modules Tool
    • Downloading

     

    Puppet Enterprise

    • Overview of Puppet Enterprise
    • Puppet Node Manager
    • Classifying Nodes with Puppet
    • Live Management (mcollective)
    • Reporting Features

     

    Hiera

    • Introduction to Hiera
    • Separating data from code with hierarchical key value lookup
    • Install and configure Hiera
    • Using Hiera inside manifests
    • Discussion on Roles and Profile Patterns
    • Additional topics if time permits

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