Puppet 5 Cookbook

Write custom plugins for Puppet including facts providers and functionsKey FeaturesGrasp recipes that work with centralized and decentralized deploymentsExplore language differences and enhancements anticipated in Puppet version 5.xGain expert understanding of Puppets latest and most advanced featuresBook DescriptionPuppet is a configuration management system that automates all your IT configurations giving you control of managing each node. Puppet 5 Cookbook will take you through Puppets latest and most advanced features including Docker containers Hiera and AWS Cloud Orchestration. Updated with the latest advancements and best practices this book delves into various aspects of writing good Puppet code which includes using Puppet community style checking your manifests with puppet-lint and learning community best practices with an emphasis on real-world implementation.You will learn to set up install and create your first manifests with version control and also learn about various sysadmin tasks including managing configuration files using Augeas and generating files from snippets and templates. As the book progresses youll explore virtual resources and use Puppets resource scheduling and auditing features. In the concluding chapters youll walk through managing applications and writing your own resource types providers and external node classifiers.By the end of this book you will have learned to report log and debug your system.What you will learnDiscover the latest and most advanced features of PuppetMaster techniques to deal with centralized and decentralized Puppet deploymentsUse exported resources and forge modules to configure and deploy applicationsCreate efficient manifests to streamline your deploymentsAutomate deployment of puppet environment using git-hooksDeploy AWS instances and Docker containers with PuppetMake Puppet reliable performant and scalableWho this book is forPuppet 5 Cookbook is for anyone who builds and administers servers especially in a web operations context. You’ll need some experience of Linux systems administration including familiarity with the command line filesystem and text editing. No prior programming experience is required.