Puppet Configuration and Administration
Overview
This course presents the system management and configuration tool known as Puppet, from
methods, techniques, capabilities to implementation. Each participant will learn how to
install the Puppet master and agent (client) applications along with the impact on the Linux
system. A lot of time and attention will be spent in learning, writing, and applying resource
definitions, the key part of Puppet that allows an administrator to synchronize environments
easily and uniformly.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of the course, participants should be able to :
Prerequisites
It is assumed that participants are working systems administrators with some scripting
knowledge (bash, ksh, Perl or Python) and an understanding of the various system tasks
relating to setting up and supporting Linux systems.
Audience
This course is for Linux systems administrators looking to automate the provisioning of
key areas of the Linux system, such as packages, services, and distribution of (ssh) keys.
Implementation
Each participant will have a dedicated RHEL 6 virtual system server for Puppet installation,
resource definition writing and applying. Depending upon the available resources on the
host system (Windows or Mac OS X), a second RHEL 6 virtual system will be setup for
the Puppet agent (client), or the server system will (also)be used as the agent (node).
Course duration
This course normally requires three (3) days, 50% lecture, with 50% hands-on commands and
lab exercises.
Course outline
Configuration Management Overview
Puppet Enterprise (Master Server) Installation
Puppet Resource Configuration
Puppet Enterprise (Agent) Installation
Creating Nodes and Environments
Extending Puppet with MCollective, Foreman, Hiera
Puppet Report Generation
