by Toni Schmidbauer | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release Date: March 2017 | ISBN: 9781786462183

Use Puppet to automate all your work!About This VideoLearn to automate your company infrastructure with PuppetDeploy configuration files and templates at superfast speeds and manage user accounts and access control appear like a cakewalkCreate a seamless workflow by integrating your Puppet with GITIn DetailPuppet is a toolbox available to IT professionals to automate work you would usually manually do on servers. From deployment of applications to managing security and access, Puppet can help you with it all. The ultimate goal of tools like Puppet is to never have to SSH into a machine again to fix problems or set up new systems.In this course, you will be introduced to Puppet development and learn how to set up your own private development environment, so that you can develop your code without fear of hurting live environments. From there on out we get familiar with the Puppet DSL and then deploy our code to a puppet server and puppet node like you would in a production environment.After completing this class you should have all the handles you need to start utilizing puppet and know how to further progress and become a true Puppeteer!

1. Chapter 1 : Configuring Puppet Client/Server Architecture
   • The Course Overview 00:03:11
   • Installing Puppet Server 00:10:38
   • Puppet Configuration Files 00:09:20
   • Understanding Certificates 00:05:05
   • Working with Certificates 00:14:10
   • Configuring Auto Signing 00:14:10
2. Chapter 2 : Understanding How a Puppet Run Works
   • Understanding Facter 00:11:04
   • Going Over a Puppet Run 00:13:05
   • The Main Manifest(s) 00:11:41
   • Node Definitions 00:19:02
   • Understanding Puppet Environments 00:11:26
3. Chapter 3 : Integrating GIT with Puppet
   • Understanding Version Control 00:03:02
   • Creating a Central Repository 00:10:26
   • Basic GIT Usage 00:13:35
   • Deploying Puppet Code with r10k 00:21:10
4. Chapter 4 : Puppet Troubleshooting and Advanced Topics
   • The Roles and Profiles Pattern 00:17:42
   • Separating Data and Code with Hiera 00:17:23
   • Troubleshooting the Puppet Agent 00:10:44
   • Troubleshooting the Puppet Master 00:14:29