Learning Puppet - Second Edition [Paperback]

Build intelligent software stacks with the Puppet configuration management suite

About This Book

• Develop high-quality Puppet modules in an isolated development environment
• Manage complex development environments with industry-leading configuration management tool
• A comprehensive guide to get you started with Puppet development and deployment in virtual environments

Who This Book Is For

If you are new to configuration management and IT automation processes and are looking for better ways to manage system configuration changes at scale, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of Linux System Administration is a prerequisite.

What You Will Learn

• Manage your system with Puppet instantly
• Develop Puppet in an isolated development environment
• Make your manifests reusable to avoid re-inventing the wheel
• Automate monitoring to improve the user experience through increased uptime
• Enable nodes to communicate with each other via Puppet Master
• Make environment configuration dynamic using stored configurations and PuppetDB
• Extend Puppet beyond the built-in functionalities
• Manage your environment through the Puppet Enterprise console

In Detail

Puppet is a cross-platform, open source configuration management utility, which runs on various Unix, Linux, and Windows Microsoft platforms. It allows you to automate all your IT configurations, giving you control of what you do to each node, and also when and how you do it. You'll be able to build and manage development, test, and production environments independently without requiring previous system administration experience.

Learning Puppet is a step-by-step guide on how to get started with Puppet development and use Puppet modules as the building blocks to deploy production-ready application cluster in virtual environment.

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