Puppet Fundamentals Classroom Training

Puppet Fundamentals

Duration: 2days

Objective

Objective of this course is to introduce students to what Puppet is, make them familiar with the core concepts, Master/Agent and Standalone modes, and focus on helping them get started to write Infrastructure as a code.

Targeted Audience

This introductory course is targeted for the budding devops professionals, experienced sysadmins who understand operating systems and linux/unix administration intend to use puppet to automate common infrastructure tasks such as installing and configuring systems, deploy applications, deliver softwares manage infrastructures at scale with ease.

Prerequisites:

• Basic understanding of linux/unix system concepts
• Familiarity with Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Familiarity with a Text Editor
• Basic Systems Administration knowledge

System Requirements

Course Outline

• Introduction to Puppet
• Setting up Learning Environment
• Building Blocks - Resources and Manifests
• Creating Reusable Code - Modules
• Creating Dynamic Configurations - Template and Variables, Parameterized Classes
• Defined Types
• Puppet Master/Agent
• Puppet Forge
• Externilizing Data with Hiera

** Additional Topics if time permits**

• Using Custom Resources and Providers
• Orchestration with MCollective
• Writing Custom Facts

Detailed Course Contents

Day I

• Introduction to Puppet

  • s vs Puppet - Introduction to Deive Approach
  • Infrastrcuture as a Code
  • Puppet Overview and Features

• Setting up Learning Environment

  • Introduction to the Tools - Vagrant, VirtualBox
  • Setting up VMs using Vagrant
  • Installing Software - Master, Agent
  • Connecting Agents with the Master

• Building Blocks - Resources and Manifests

  • Introduction to Puppet DSL
  • Syntax
  • Using Puppet's Resource Shell
  • Creating Resources
  • Writing Manifests
  • Using puppet apply for standalone installation
  • Introduction to Node Classification

• Creating Reusable Code - Modules

  • Introduction to Modules
  • Creating Classes
  • Class Naming Conventions
  • Ordering with Meta Parameters
  • Writing Nginx Module with File, Package and Service Resources

Day II

• Creating Dynamic Configurations - Template and Variables, Parameterized Classes

  • Separating Code and Data
  • Overview of Templates and Variables
  • ERB Syntax Primer
  • Working with Variables
  • Inheritance
  • Automatic Variables - Facts
  • Parameterized Classes
  • Extending Nginx Module with Parameterized Classes, Templates and Variables.

• Multiple Instances with Defined Types

  • Defined Types vs Parameterized Classes
  • Multiple Instances
  • Defined Types Examples
  • Enhancing Nginx to support Virtual Hosts with Defined Types

• Puppet Master/Agent

  • Puppet Master and Agent Configurations
  • Logs
  • Puppet Enterprise

• Puppet Forge

  • Introduction to Puppet Forge
  • Using Community Modules
  • Puppet Modules Utility
  • Installing NTP Service with Puppet Forge module

• Externilizing Data with Hiera

  • Code vs Data
  • Introduction to Hiera
  • Defining Hierarchy
  • Hiera Demo

Example Code Manifests/Modules

• Nginx Module to Install and Configure a Web Server
• NTP Module
• Windows specific modules for Puppet