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Introduction to Puppet

This Puppet training class teaches IT professionals, system administrators, and DevOps engineers how to use Puppet, a powerful tool for automating infrastructure configuration and management....

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Course Code WA3631
Duration 1 day
Available Formats Classroom

This Puppet training class teaches IT professionals, system administrators, and DevOps engineers how to use Puppet, a powerful tool for automating infrastructure configuration and management. Participants learn to install and configure Puppet, write and apply manifests, and use advanced features like modules and Hiera for scalable setups.

Skills Gained

  • Understand Puppet's role in configuration management and infrastructure automation
  • Install and configure a Puppet Master and Agent
  • Write and apply Puppet manifests to manage infrastructure
  • Use Puppet modules and Hiera for scalable configuration
  • Troubleshoot common Puppet issues and optimize its performance

Prerequisites

Students must have taken Linux System Administration or have equivalent experience.

Course Details

Introduction to Puppet

  • What is Puppet?
  • Key concepts: Master-Agent architecture, manifests, resources
  • Overview of Puppet’s ecosystem (Facter, Hiera, Forge)

Setting Up Puppet

  • Installing Puppet on Master and Agents
  • Initial configuration and testing communication

Puppet Language Basics

  • Writing Puppet manifests
  • Resource types and attributes
  • Variables, templates, and conditional logic

Managing Infrastructure with Puppet

  • Writing and applying Puppet code to manage files, packages, and services
  • Creating reusable Puppet modules
  • Using Hiera for hierarchical data management

Advanced Puppet Features

  • Understanding Puppet Forge and using pre-built modules
  • Managing dependencies and classes.
  • Best practices for structuring Puppet code

Troubleshooting and Performance Optimization

  • Common Puppet errors and how to resolve them
  • Monitoring Puppet runs and optimizing performance

Conclusion