Start pulling the strings of your infrastructure with Puppet -
learn how to configure, customize, and manage your systems more
intelligently About This Book * Explore the wider Puppet ecosystem
of useful tools * Design and manage your Puppet architecture for
optimum performance * Write more efficient code that keeps your
infrastructure more robust Who This Book Is For If you are a Puppet
user, this book will help you on different levels. If you a
beginner, we summarize the key Puppet components and give you the
elements to have a broader vision. For more experienced users, you
will be surprised by with topics on designing, implementing,
adapting, and deploying Puppet architectures. If you are expert,
you will find topics and information that is rarely exposed in
other books, giving you an insight into Puppet's future and its
usage on alternative devices. What You Will Learn * Learn the
principles of Puppet language and ecosystem * Extract the features
of Hiera and PuppetDB's power usage * Explore the different
approaches to Puppet architecture design * Use Puppet to manage
network, cloud, and virtualization devices * Manage and test the
Puppet code workflow * Tweak, hack, and adapt the Puppet extension
points * Get a run through of the strategies and patterns to
introduce Puppet automation * Master the art of writing reusable
modules In Detail Puppet has changed the way we manage our systems,
but Puppet itself is changing and evolving, and so are the ways we
are using it. To tackle our IT infrastructure challenges and avoid
common errors when designing our architectures, an up-to-date,
practical, and focused view of the current and future Puppet
evolution is what we need. With Puppet, you define the state of
your IT infrastructure, and it automatically enforces the desired
state. This book will be your guide to designing and deploying your
Puppet architecture. It will help you utilize Puppet to manage your
IT infrastructure. Get to grips with Hiera and learn how to install
and configure it, before learning best practices for writing
reusable and maintainable code. You will also be able to explore
the latest features of Puppet 4, before executing, testing, and
deploying Puppet across your systems. As you progress, Extending
Puppet takes you through higher abstraction modules, along with
tips for effective code workflow management. Finally, you will
learn how to develop plugins for Puppet - as well as some useful
techniques that can help you to avoid common errors and overcome
everyday challenges. Style and approach This is a collection of
specific information about multiple topics related to Puppet and
its ecosystem. Starting from a review of the very basics to more
advanced topics, mixing practical advice with important theory and
broader perspective, along with implementation details.
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