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Table of Contents (WIP)

Contents based on Puppet 4 with references to earlier compatibility

First steps in Puppet land

Introduction to Puppet concepts in a smooth and progressive way (needed for absolute beginners to grasp the following, much more "robust" parts).

  • Introduction to Puppet and Configuration Management
  • From Zero to Results
  • Language basics
  • Next steps in Puppet world

Paths to Puppet Awareness

Getting deeper into Puppet language, ecosystem and components: advanced language, Hiera, PuppetDB... A wide and complete topics coverage with focus on practical needs.

  • Deeper in Puppet DSL
  • Facter
  • Hiera
  • PuppetDB

A world of Modules

How to find and use modules. How write them. Usage patterns for the most common public modules and for local ones.

  • Using and writing modules
  • Modules reusability practices
  • Exploring a world of modules

Puppet architectures

How to put things together: nodes classifications, code organization, data layout, files and secrets management.

  • Components of a Puppet architecture
  • Designing and scaling Puppet infrastructures
  • Pulling things together
  • Integrations with other tools

Puppet deployment workflows

How to manage Puppet code workflow, from code writing to deployment: testing, rollouts, migration patterns.

  • Writing and testing Puppet code
  • Deployment workflows
  • Migrating Puppet environments

Software defined infrastructures

Getting beyond systems management: how to use Puppet in the cloud, how to manage network and storage devices,

  • Software defined infrastructures
  • Cloud interactions

Puppet Internals

The gory details under the hood. How to extend Puppet code.

  • An orientation guide to the Internals
  • Extending Puppet DSL
  • [Developers Posts]

APPENDIX: The Puppet Universal Reference

An handy and practical reference with practical info about Puppet universe. The stuff that matter and the links for details.

  • Puppet reference: usage, configuration, language, types, variables, modules, functions.
  • Hiera reference: usage, configuration, plugins
  • PuppetDB reference: configuration, querying,
  • PuppetServer reference: configuration