Configuration Management with Puppet (DO405)

You Will Learn How To

• Write Puppet manifests that utilize a variety of Puppet DSL resources.
• Deploy a GIT repository and use it to maintain Puppet modules.
• Write Puppet modules that deploy and configure network services.
• Configure a Puppet master and client nodes.
• Implement Puppet configuration management in a DevOps environment.
• Use Red Hat Satellite 6 to manage client configurations with Puppet.

Important Course Information

• Requirements

  • Have received an Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE®) certification or have equivalent experience

Course Outline

Course introduction

• Introduction to the course.

Identify system administration functions in Puppet

• Identify system administration functions in Puppet code.

Puppet architecture

• Describe the Puppet architecture and describe a state model.

Implement a Puppet manifest

• Build, validate, and deploy a Puppet manifest.

Troubleshoot Puppet manifests

• Find documentation and diagnose errors in Puppet manifests.

Implement Git

• Implement Git to manage software.

Find information with Facter

• View information about systems using Facter.

Implement Puppet modules

• Create Puppet modules and implement classes in a manifest.

Implement relationships in a Puppet module

• Implement namespaces, relationships, and dependencies in a Puppet module.

Implement variables and conditionals in a Puppet module

• Implement variables and conditionals in a Puppet module.

Identify advanced system administration functions in Puppet

• Identify advanced system administration functions in Puppet code.

Implement Puppet

• Deploy and configure a Puppet master and a Puppet client.

Implement external Puppet modules

• Implement Puppet modules from Puppet Forge.

Implement Puppet in a DevOps environment

• Implement Puppet in a DevOps environment.

Implement Puppet in Red Hat Satellite 6

• Implement Puppet in a Red Hat Satellite 6 environment.