Discover how to use Puppet 6 for handling multiple application servers
Key Features
- Become familiar with the installation process of Puppet 6 server and agent
- Work with default environments and create your new environment
- Get to grips with Puppet templates and Puppet Bolt
Book Description
With Puppet, you can configure many servers and automate your IT configuration easily and efficiently. This video course shows you how to be a master in using Puppet 6.
This course helps you to install and setup Puppet 6 on your machines. You will also be able to configure the hostname entry, JVM, and perform time synchronization. Next, you will be introduced to Puppet manifests and learn how to work with the default environment and create a new environment. Moving along, you will install modules in different locations, create modules, and learn the best practices required to use conditional statements in Puppet. Towards the end, you will discover templates in Puppet 6 and learn how to deploy agents to new systems using the Bolt tool.
By the end of this course, you will be well-versed with Puppet and will develop the skills needed to configure systems centrally from your Puppet server. All the code files for this course are located here: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Puppet-6-Essentials
What you will learn
- Configure the Puppet labs repository on CentOS 8
- Find out how to write error-free ad-hoc commands using the command-line
- Create environments to separate different configurations
- Add modules to specific locations
- Create a simple Embedded Puppet (EPP) template for the MOTD File
- Use Puppet Bolt to install and configure another agent remotely
Who this book is for
This video course is designed for beginners in Puppet configuration management, Linux system administrators, or DevOps engineers looking to configure systems from the Puppet server. To get started with this course, a basic understanding of Linux command-line skills is needed.
