Learning Puppet Online Class

Description

In this course, you will :

• Learn the most recent best practises for using Puppet in a real-world setting, and get started quickly by utilising existing Puppet modules written and supported by the community.
• Learn the ins and outs of Puppet and how to write your own Puppet code, including a simple module that can be shared with other IT professionals on the Puppet Forge.

Syllabus :

 

1. Puppet Overview

• What is Puppet?

2. Setting Up a Dev Environment

• Create a sandbox
• Install your Puppet master
• Version control
• Set up a control repo

3. First Steps with Puppet

• Built-in resource types
• Manage a file in site.pp
• Classes
• Introduction to the Forge
• The NGINX module
• Editing the Puppetfile
• Roles and profiles
• Roles and profiles demo

4. Managing More Nodes

• Manage more nodes
• Expand site.pp
• Connect agent nodes to the master
• Orchestration in Puppet
• Understand the Puppet run
• Facter

5. Modules

• What is a module?
• Write modules: Write manually
• Write modules: Write the code
• Write modules: Test your module
• Get the order right
• Use parameters
• Templates

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