Puppet 3 Cookbook [Paperback]

Build reliable, scalable, secure, and high-performance systems to fully utilize the power of cloud computing

Overview

• Use Puppet 3 to take control of your servers and desktops, with detailed step-by-step instructions
• Covers all the popular tools and frameworks used with Puppet: Dashboard, Foreman, MCollective, and more
• Teaches you how to extend Puppet with custom functions, types, and providers
• Packed with tips and inspiring ideas for using Puppet to automate server builds, deployments, and workflows

In Detail

A revolution is happening in web operations. Configuration management tools can build servers in seconds, and automate your entire network. Tools like Puppet are essential to taking full advantage of the power of cloud computing, and building reliable, scalable, secure, high-performance systems. More and more systems administration and IT jobs require some knowledge of configuration management, and specifically Puppet.

Puppet 3 Cookbook takes you beyond the basics to explore the full power of Puppet, showing you in detail how to tackle a variety of real-world problems and applications. At every step it shows you exactly what commands you need to type, and includes full code samples for every recipe.

The book takes the reader from a basic knowledge of Puppet to a complete and expert understanding of Puppets latest and most advanced features, community best practices, writing great manifests, scaling and performance, and extending Puppet by adding your own providers and resources. It starts with guidance on how to set up and expand your Puppet infrastructure, then progresses through detailed information on the language and features, external tools, reporting, monitoring, and troubleshooting, and concludes with many specific recipes for managing popular applications.

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