Course Duration
4 Days
DevOps
Authorized Training
IT
Course cost:
£4,040.00
IT Certification Overview
This course provides the necessary skills and techniques to install Puppet Master and Agent in order to carry out configuration management effectively.
The course is presented as a mixture of lectures and hands-on exercises.
Exercises are provided for both the Enterprise and Open Source versions of Puppet.
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From day one I felt welcomed and supported. The live sessions were interactive and the resources well thought-out. I passed my exam on the first attempt thanks to them.
I was nervous about switching careers but the practical approach and continual 1-to-1 support gave me the confidence I needed to succeed."
The training material was excellent, and the instructors really brought the subject to life with hands-on lab work. I feel fully prepared for the workplace."
What impressed me most was the flexibility and responsiveness of the support team. Whenever I had a question, they were there even outside of normal hours.
The course structure was superb. A great mix of theory and practice delivered at a pace that made sense even for beginners. Highly recommended.
Switching into IT felt overwhelming, but Newto Training made the journey manageable and quite enjoyable. Their coaching style is top class.
I particularly appreciated the way complex topics were broken down into manageable chunks, and the tutor actively encouraged questions at every stage.
The live-taught interactive classes set Newto apart from other providers. It wasn't just video-based learning and the real engagement made all the difference.
I had absolutely no experience in this field, but Newto Training recognised my potential and supported me every step of the way. The real-life scenarios were invaluable in making me job-ready.
The tutors at Newto are consistently patient, clear and more than willing to help. I couldn't have asked for a better learning environment.
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What impressed me most was the flexibility and responsiveness of the support team. Whenever I had a question, they were there even outside of normal hours.
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Switching into IT felt overwhelming, but Newto Training made the journey manageable and quite enjoyable. Their coaching style is top class.
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Enrolling with Newto was one of the best decisions I've made. The job-readiness focus, strong teaching and excellent support all stood out.
I completed my SQL course and now feel confident in my skills. The real-world examples and supportive tutors made it all click.
I've just passed my AZ-900 exam thanks to the support received from Ken in the boot camp and his exam preparation sessions.
I've gained a qualification and the confidence to use it in real-world scenarios.
Their commitment to student success is obvious from the personalised guidance to the quality of delivery. I'd recommend them without hesitation.
Every tutor I encountered was professional, encouraging and keen to see me succeed. That personal touch made a big difference.
I'm now in a role I once thought was out of reach, thank you to the all the team
The bootcamps were excellent, we were given practical projects to complete and I feel so much more confident with my coding skills
The cyber course exceeded my expectations. They've been on hand for everything and are constantly in touch with me
The resources provided were spot on and the teaching style made everything easy to understand. I particularly appreciated the extra help offered when needed.
Enrolling with Newto was one of the best decisions I've made. The job-readiness focus, strong teaching and excellent support all stood out.
I completed my SQL course and now feel confident in my skills. The real-world examples and supportive tutors made it all click.
I've just passed my AZ-900 exam thanks to the support received from Ken in the boot camp and his exam preparation sessions.
I've gained a qualification and the confidence to use it in real-world scenarios.
Their commitment to student success is obvious from the personalised guidance to the quality of delivery. I'd recommend them without hesitation.
Every tutor I encountered was professional, encouraging and keen to see me succeed. That personal touch made a big difference.
I'm now in a role I once thought was out of reach, thank you to the all the team
The bootcamps were excellent, we were given practical projects to complete and I feel so much more confident with my coding skills
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
- Experience in using the command line
- Some familiarity with Linux (or similar) concepts
- Experience with a text editor such as vi
- A basic understanding of services and host file entries
Learning Objectives
Delegates will learn how to:
- Install and configure Puppet Enterprise
- Install and configure Puppet Agent
- Describe the key components of Puppet including Hiera and Facter
- Write classes comprising desired resources for a node
- Test their Puppet configurations
- Use Puppet to configure multiple web servers
Puppet Essentials Course Content
Introduction to Configuration Management
- Why do we need Configuration Management?
- What are the components of Configuration Management?
- What are the benefits of Configuration Management?
- What is the Configuration Management life cycle?
- What are the common tools for Configuration Management?
Puppet Overview
- Puppet Enterprise stack and features
- Model based approach
- Composable configurations
- Lifecycle of a puppet run
- Puppet component roles (master / agent)
- Master / agent architecture
Puppet Components
- Describing and maintaining state
- Infrastructure as code
- Idempotency
- Resources
- Live management
- Facter, Hiera and Puppet forge
Managing assets with Git
- Source Control
- Version Control
- Centralised and Distributed Version Control Systems
- GIT as a DVCS
- GIT Basics
- Choosing a DVCS
- The SSH Protocol
Resources and Providers
- Puppet resources
- Resource declarations
- Declarative Modelling Language
- Resource Abstraction Layer
- Providers
Modules and Classes
- Puppet Classes
- Puppet Modules
- Module Directory Structure
- Namespaces and Auto-loading
- Defining and Declaring Classes
- Testing Classes
Using Puppet Without a Master
- Puppet Usage Patterns
- Masterless Puppet - in short
- Benefits of going 'Masterless'
- What would you have to do?
- Problems with going 'Masterless'
Deploying Your Code to the Puppet Master
- A Git to Puppet Workflow
- Git and Puppet Master
- Single or Multiple Repositories?
- Managing Multiple Masters
Testing Puppet
- Syntax checking
- The Smoke test
- Simulating change with Puppet
- Virtualisation
- Module testing frameworks
- Unit testing modules
- Test Driven Development - TDD
Using Puppet Forge
- Puppet Forge
- Using the Puppet Forge online
- The puppet module tool - PMT
- Search for modules
- Install a module from Puppet Forge
- Uninstall a module
- Publish a module to the Puppet Forge
Classification
- What is Classification?
- Node Definitions: site.pp
- Regular Expressions in Node Definitions: site.pp
- Console Classification
- Console Classification - Node Definitions
- Console Classification - Node Groups
Environments
- What are Environments?
- Environment Directory Structure
- Configure Puppet Master to use Directory Environments
- Global Settings for Configuring Environments
- Assign Nodes to their environments
- Preconfigured Node Groups
- Environment-based Workflow
Live management
- What is Live Management?
- Inspect node Resources
- Control Puppet
ERB templates
- Use cases for ERB Templates
- Using templates
- Using Puppet variables
- Defining Puppet variables
- ERB Conditions
Resources in depth
- Resource type origins
- Resource type categories
- Meta resource types
- Resource type documentation
- Metaparameters
- title and namevar
Resource relationships
- Resource relationships
- Dependency management
- Implicit dependencies
DSL - Domain Specific Language
- Using Puppet variables (facts)
- Defining local variables
- Using variables
- Variable scope
- Strings and arrays
- Conditional expressions: if, selectors, case, unless
- Statements and functions
Parametrised types
- Parameterised Classes and Inheritance
- Defining a Parameterised Class
- Declaring a Parameterised Class
- Assigning Parameters in the PE Console
- Class Inheritance - base class declaration
- Class Inheritance - sub class declaration
- Class Inheritance - Best Practice
Defined resource types
- Defining and Declaring a Defined Type
- Module Directory Structure
Hiera
- What is Hiera?
- Why use Hiera?
- Configuring Hiera
- Yaml file locations
- Sample data files
- Automatic data bindings
- Explicit Hiera lookup
- Testing Hiera
PuppetDB
- What is PuppetDB?
- What is stored in PuppetDB?
- How is PuppetDB accessed?
- Example queries
- Dashboards
- PuppetDBquery module
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Puppet classes and Modules
- Troubleshooting Puppet Installations
Puppet Best Practices
- Using Modules
- Version Control
- Naming Conventions
- Style
- Classes Vs Defined Types
- Roles and Profiles
Other Configuration Management Tools
- Managing AWS services with the AWS CLI
- Configuring Servers using Kickstart
- Provisioning Infrastructure with Foreman and Puppet
- Preparing operating systems using Cobbler
Upcoming Dates
Dates and locations are available on request. Please contact us for the latest schedule.
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