The basic course program is outlined here:
The Basics
- Introduction To Configuration Management
- About The Author
- Why Puppet?
- How To Access Your Working Files
The Puppet Infrastructure
- uppet Agents
- Puppet Masters
- MCollective And Systems Orchestration
- Cross Platform Puppet
The Puppet Run Cycle
- Introduction To Puppet Run Cycle
- Gathering System Facts
- Node Matching And Catalogue Compilation
The Puppet Language - A Basic Primer
- Puppet Resources - How To Define System Resources
- Applying A Simple Puppet Manifest
- Puppet Types
- The Package File Service Patter
- Applying Conditional Logic In Puppe
- Fact Conditionals - Choosing A Course Of Action
Organizing A Puppet Environment
- Defining Nodes
- Puppet Modules - Reusable Code
- Forge Modules - Where To Find Reusable Code
- Provisioning A Web Server
- Class Parameters - Applying Variables
- Hiera Parameters - Defining Variables
- Executing Modules Against A Puppet Master With An Agent
- Reporting With Puppet
MCollective
- MCollective And Live Management
- MCollective With Puppet
- Using MCollective To Interact With Services
- Using MCollective To Interact With Puppet
Additional Tools
- Managing Modules With Librarian-Puppet
- Managing Directory Environments And Modules With R10K
- External Node Classifiers And Reporting With Puppet Dashboard - Part 1
- External Node Classifiers And Reporting With Puppet Dashboard - Part 2
Conclusion
- Wrap-Up And Further Resources