Why learn Puppet?
In order to excel in this age of rapid technology innovation and competition, what does every business need and want? Improved IT infrastructure for high availability, accelerated returns, and of course better performance. In other words, they need an IT configuration management system that will help to deploy, configure and manage servers. And there is no other tool that does this better than Puppet. This leading IT automation solution saves time by reducing the pressure of manual work and enhances performance. Puppet is a specially designed tool which helps in managing the configuration of Unix, Linux, OS-X or Windows. It is used for deploying, configuring and managing servers. It enables businesses to define infrastructure code, administer multiple servers, and strengthen the system configuration. It not only provides numerous benefits in IT disciplines but easy to manage as well. It helps developers in enabling hardware and software without the need to learn the inner functioning of an operating system.
Puppet is currently used by more than 35,000 companies including Fortune 100 companies, startups, and other companies; hence the demand for Puppet professionals is increasing day by day. DevOps report also suggests that job seekers with Puppet certification are in high need and are getting higher salaries. In order to succeed in this competitive arena, what individuals and enterprises need is expertise in a tool such as Puppet.
Benefits:
The Puppet certification course is in high demand these days as it gives individuals the expertise to enhance speed and performance by automating IT configuration instead of manually configuring servers. This course helps Linux/Unix/Windows/OS-X system administrators to gain an in-depth knowledge of Puppet implementation in IT infrastructure.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
1. Puppet Fundamentals
Basics of Puppet Configuration Management and deploying resources using Infrastructure as a code.
2. Installation of Puppet
Learn how to install, configure Puppet Master and Puppet Agent, & understand Master/Agent Workflow.
3. Puppet Architecture and its components
Understand and learn about Puppet Master-Slave Architecture & the key components of Puppet.
4. Puppet Resources & Resource Types
Overview of Puppet Resources & Resource Types and understand Resource Abstraction Layer.
5. Puppet Classes
Understand and learn about Puppet Classes as well as how to define and write the classes.
6. Puppet Manifests
Understand the various components of Manifests, Manifest File workflow and how to write a Manifest.
7. Puppet Modules
Get an overview on Modules, Module Structure, Module Name. Also, learn how to write a Module.
8. Puppet Templates
Understand how to use, evaluate, combine & work with Iterations and Condition with Puppet Templates
9. Puppet Forge
Learn how to work with Puppet Forge to download and upload Modules, and publish to Puppet Forge.
Prerequisites
- Linux Command Line Operations
- Basics of DevOps
- Experience with installing and configuring applications