First Steps with Puppet

Course: 21 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Introduction to Puppet
• Understanding Core Concepts of Puppet
• Puppet vs. Other DevOps Configuration Management Tools
• Market Acceptance of Puppet and Industry Applications

Puppet Structure and Architecture

Course: 30 Minutes

• Using Declarative and Readable Puppet DSL
  Basic Puppet Architecture
  Understanding Puppet Nodes
  Network vs. Cloud Puppet Implementations

Puppet Packages and Distributions

Course: 23 Minutes

• Open Source
• Puppet Enterprise (PE)
• Puppet Versions
• General Installation Requirements and Considerations

Putting Puppet to Work

Course: 37 Minutes

• Linux Installation (Master/Agent)
• Windows Installation Considerations
• Executing Puppet Commands
• Starting and Stopping Puppet
• Using Puppet to Make Configuration Changes
• Node Configuration

Building Blocks of Puppet Code

Course: 34 Minutes

• Overview of Predefined Resources
• Manifest Concepts
• Grouping Resources Together in a Manifesto
• Classes
• Modules
• Puppet Forge
• Catalog(s)

Practice: Planning for Puppet

Course: 3 Minutes

• Exercise: Define a Puppet Implementation Strategy

Managing Puppet Resources

Course: 38 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Package Coding and Management
• Service Management
• Handling Puppet Resource Dependencies
• Managing Puppet Configuration Files
• The Package-File-Service Pattern
• A Comprehensive Example

Managing Puppet Users

Course: 25 Minutes

• Creating User Accounts
• Configuring SSH
• Distributing SSH keys
• User Account Management

Puppet Tasks and Templates

Course: 24 Minutes

• Using exec Resources to Run Commands
• Using cron Resources to Run Scheduled Jobs
• Deploying Directory Trees
• Using Puppet Templates

Puppet Programming Syntax

Course: 26 Minutes

• Flow of Control Statements
• Operators
• Expressions
• Variables
• Expression Substitution
• Collections

Reporting, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting

Course: 23 Minutes

• Types of Puppet Reports and Summaries
• Puppet Modes
• Printing Messages
• Puppet Monitoring
• Common Puppet Runtime Failures

Practice: Puppet Implementation

Course: 3 Minutes

• Exercise: Plan a Puppet Implementation