Puppet Training Overview
Puppet automates infrastructure management by defining system configurations as code, enabling consistent and repeatable deployments. This training covers Puppet’s core concepts, manifests, modules, and automation workflows. Gain hands-on experience managing servers, deploying applications, and integrating Puppet into CI/CD pipelines, equipping you to streamline operations and ensure scalable, secure IT environments.
Why Puppet?
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Infrastructure as Code
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Consistent configurations
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Scalable automation
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Cross-platform support
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Robust reporting and compliance
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Easy integration with CI/CD
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Strong community and ecosystem
What You Will Learn
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Core concepts of configuration management
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Puppet architecture: Master, Agent, Manifests, and Modules
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Writing and organizing Puppet code (manifests, classes, roles)
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Managing nodes, environments, and resources
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Using Hiera for data separation
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Automating infrastructure provisioning and app deployments
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Integrating Puppet with CI/CD tools
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Ensuring security and compliance using Puppet
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Real-world automation projects with PuppetDB and orchestration
Prerequisites
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Basic understanding of Linux/Unix systems
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Familiarity with command-line tools
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Some knowledge of system administration
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Programming/scripting experience (Bash, Python, or Ruby is a plus)
Introduction to Puppet Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts
Overview of Puppet components
Puppet Server & Agent
Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Forge
Puppet Modules and usage
Deploying Puppet Server on CentOS 7
SSH access and Puppet installation
Puppet Server configuration
Deploying Puppet Agent on Ubuntu
Deploying Puppet Agent on RHEL 7
Deploying Puppet Agent on Windows Server 2012
Certificate request and SSL configuration
Creating and running basic manifests
File resource type usage
Testing with puppet-agent
Downloading and applying Apache2 module (Ubuntu)
Downloading and applying MySQL module (RHEL)
Creating production environments
Node definitions and multi-node management
Using file, package, and service resource types
Setting up Puppet Server on RHEL 7
Deploying and managing nodes on Ubuntu
Working on multi-node automation tasks
Install and configure Puppet on various OS platforms
Write and apply manifests and modules
Automate node management across environments
Work with real-world infrastructure-as-code scenarios