Puppet Basics Course Overview

Puppet Basics Course Overview

The Puppet Basics course is an intricate puppet training course designed to equip learners with a comprehensive understanding of Puppet, the popular IT automation software. It delves into advanced Puppet Domain Specific Language (DSL) constructs, enabling participants to write elegant and efficient automation code. The course covers a variety of topics from using Data structures and Custom facts to optimize Resource creation and Node information retrieval, to mastering Modularity and Composability for effective Module design.

Testing methodologies are explored to ensure reliable Puppet code, and Orchestration automation is taught through MCollective. The course also addresses Troubleshooting, the Roles & Profiles design pattern, File management, the Anchor Pattern, and the `contain()` function. Additionally, it encourages contributing to the Puppet Forge by creating reusable modules. With a focus on sharing functionality and inheritance between classes, this puppet training course is essential for IT professionals aiming to harness Puppet's full potential for scalable infrastructure management.

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Target Audience for Puppet Basics

  1. Puppet Basics is an advanced IT course for professionals seeking to master automation and configuration management with Puppet.


  2. Target audience for Puppet Basics includes:


  • Systems Administrators
  • DevOps Engineers
  • Infrastructure Automation Engineers
  • IT Professionals with a focus on configuration management
  • Cloud Engineers looking to implement scalable infrastructure as code
  • Software Developers interested in deployment strategies and DevOps practices
  • Technical Leads overseeing infrastructure management and automation
  • Security Engineers interested in automating compliance and security policies
  • Release Managers coordinating complex deployment processes
  • Operations Engineers managing server provisioning and orchestration


Learning Objectives - What you will Learn in this Puppet Basics?

Introduction to the Course Learning Outcomes and Concepts

Gain mastery over Puppet with our course designed to teach advanced DSL constructs, modular design, data manipulation, custom facts, code testing, orchestration with MCollective, and best practices including the Roles & Profiles pattern.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

  • Understanding and applying advanced Puppet DSL constructs to write clean and maintainable code.
  • Utilizing data structures effectively to generate resources dynamically within Puppet.
  • Creating and using custom facts to gather specific information from nodes for more tailored automation.
  • Grasping the principles of modularity and composability in the context of Puppet module design for better code organization.
  • Learning methods to test Puppet code and infrastructure to ensure reliability and prevent deployment issues.
  • Operating MCollective from the command line to perform complex orchestration tasks across your infrastructure.
  • Acquiring troubleshooting skills specific to Puppet, including the interpretation of standard log files for efficient problem-solving.
  • Implementing the Roles & Profiles design pattern to create a scalable and manageable codebase.
  • Managing file snippets and configurations with various techniques to maintain the integrity of system files.
  • Discerning when to use the Anchor Pattern or the contain() function for resources to create structured and dependable manifest behavior.
  • Developing generalizable modules with best practices for sharing and contribution to the Puppet Forge community.
  • Sharing functionality and extending class definitions through inheritance to streamline code and reduce duplication.

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