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Puppet Essential Training

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Dive into working with Puppet. Explore both core concepts and advanced topics, including how to automate tests using Travis CI and securely separate data from code using Hiera.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you need to know
  • Exercise files
1. Core Concepts
  • Resources
  • Classes
  • The node graph
  • Generate a node graph
  • Defined resource types
  • Variables and conditionals
  • Iteration
  • Facts and functions
  • More resources
  • ✓ Challenge: Simplify a manifest
  • ✓ Solution: Simplify a manifest
2. Data and Code
  • Setting up a control repo
  • Review of roles and profiles
  • Configure r10k
  • Install a webhook
  • Configure a webhook in GitHub
  • Code environments
  • Hiera overview
  • YAML
  • Encrypt Hiera data with hiera-eyaml
  • Set up eyaml in control repo
3. Testing
  • Types of testing
  • Setting up rspec-puppet
  • Your first rspec-puppet test
  • Automated testing with Travis CI
  • Beaker testing
  • Setting up Beaker
4. Writing a Module
  • Puppet module review
  • The ELK stack
  • The Puppet Forge
  • Installing the ELK stack
  • Create a Puppetfile
  • Installing Filebeat
  • Installing the ELK stack
  • Finishing touches
  • ELK role and profile
  • Deploy the ELK stack
5. Reporting
  • Built-in report processors
  • Set up PuppetDB
  • Complex templates
  • Monitor Puppet in ELK
6. Advanced Topics
  • Exported resources
  • Types and providers
  • Custom facts
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Josh Samuelson

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