Working with Puppet Agent and Puppet Apply
Course: 2 Hours, 17 Minutes

Puppet Master and Server

Course Introduction
Reviewing the Puppet Topology
Runtime Environment of the Puppet Server
Installing Puppet Server
Setting Up Names and Certificates
Reviewing the Configuration Steps
Installing and Removing RubyGems

Additional Language Features of Puppet

Types of Variables
Applying Control Branching Statements
Writing and Calling Built-in and Custom Functions
Understanding Node Definitions
Accessing Facts by Using Puppet Code
Puppet Scaling Issues

Working with Puppet Agents

The Agent/Master Certificate Process
Executing Main Manifest
Diving Deep into the Agent/Master Communication

Automating Puppet Agents

Understanding the Start Options for Puppet Agent
Starting Puppet Agent by Using the CLI
Executing Puppet Agent as a Service
Executing Puppet Agent as a Scheduled cron Job
Identifying Configuration Issues While Logging

Working with Puppet Apply

Functionality and Features of Puppet Apply
Understanding the Run Environment of Puppet Apply
Communicating Over the Network
Handling Reporting and Logging
Using Puppet Apply to Manage Systems

Practice: Executing a Puppet Agent
Exercise: Configure and Schedule a Puppet Agent

Building and Administering a Complex Puppet Installation
Course: 2 Hours, 19 Minutes

Working with Modules

Course Introduction
Reviewing Best Practices and Writing Module
Using Modules and Plugins4
Installing and Uninstalling Modules4
Developing a Module and Deploying it on Puppet Forge5

Working with Resources

Managing User Resources
Managing File Resources
Working on Scheduled Tasks
Managing Package Resources
Managing Service Resources

Reporting Puppet Actions

Generating Reports and Analyzing YAML
Creating Custom Reports in Ruby
Using the New Report Format

Understanding Security Certificates and SSL

External CA Support
Using Certificates from an Existing External CA
Configuring External SSL Termination5

Developing with Vagrant and Puppet

Comparing the Functionality of Puppet and Vagrant
Creating Virtual Machines
Creating a Puppet Manifest
Using Puppet for Provisioning
Virtualization and Provisioning

Working with Hiera

Basics of Hiera
Installing Hiera
Configuring Hiera
Using Puppet and Hiera Together
Creating a Puppet Module Extrapolated by Hiera

Practice: Provisioning VMs with Puppet

Exercise: Create Vagrant VMs Provisioned with Puppet