Puppet, from Puppet Labs, is a configuration management tool that helps system administrators automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of a server infrastructure. This series shows you how to install a Puppet agent/master setup, write Puppet code, and use Foreman to manage your Puppet nodes.
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How To Install Puppet To Manage Your Server Infrastructure
Puppet, from Puppet Labs, is a configuration management tool helps system administrators automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of a server infrastructure. Planning ahead and using config management tools like Puppet can cut down on time spent repeating basic… -
Getting Started With Puppet Code: Manifests and Modules
After setting up Puppet in an agent/master configuration, you may need some help writing Puppet manifests and modules. In order to use Puppet effectively, you must understand how manifests and modules are constructed. This tutorial covers Puppet code basics, and will show you… -
How To Use Foreman To Manage Puppet Nodes on Ubuntu 14.04
Foreman is an open source tool that can help with the management of servers, by providing an easy way to interact with Puppet to automate tasks and application deployment. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Foreman with Puppet, and start using it to manage your servers. We will use Foreman for its reporting and External Node Classifier (ENC) capabilities, to ease the management of Puppet.