DOE400 - Puppet: Infrastructure Automation and Delivery

Objectives: Master infrastructure automation and delivery with Puppet.
Who can benefit: Linux Technicians and Administrators.
Prerequisites: One of the following certifications or the equivalent skills: CompTIA Linux+ Powered by LPI or LPIC-1 or SUSE CLA or ITT Debian Linux - Technician or ITT CentOS Linux - Technician.
Learning technique: Clear, theoretical course content divided into lessons and extensive LABS.
Student Progression: Student progression is monitored both in terms of effective attendance and in terms of comprehension using self-assessment tests.
Duration: 2 days (14 hours).

• A computer running MacOS, Linux, Windows™ or Solaris™,
• AZERTY FR or QWERTY US keyboard,
• Minimum 4 GB of RAM,
• Minimum dual-core processor,
• Headphones/Earphones,
• A microphone (optional).

• If Windows™ - Putty and WinSCP,
• Chrome or Firefox web browser.

• A fast Internet connection (4G minimum) and no proxy,
• Unhindered access to the following domains : https://my-short.link, https://itraining.center, https://ittraining.io, https://ittraining.institute, https://ittraining.support.

• DOE400 - Puppet: Infrastructure Automation and Delivery - 1 hour.
  • Prerequisites
    • Hardware
    • Software
    • Internet
  • Using the Infrastructure
    • Connecting to the Cloud Server
      • Linux, MacOS and Windows 10 with a built-in ssh client
      • Windows 7 and Windows 10 without a built-in ssh client
    • Starting the Virtual Machine
    • Connecting to the Virtual Machine
  • Course Curriculum

• DOF401 - Puppet in Stand-Alone Mode - 2 hours.
  • What is Puppet?
  • Working with Puppet
    • Using Manifests
      • LAB #1 - Managing files
        • 1.1 - Changing an existing file on the server
        • 1.2 - Implementing a Dry Run with Puppet
      • LAB #2 - Managing packages
      • LAB #3 - Managing services
    • Managing Puppet code with Git
      • LAB #4 - Creating a local Repository
        • 4.1 - Git branches
      • LAB #5 - Creating a non-local Repository
      • LAB #6 - Cloning a Repository
      • LAB #7 - Applying changes automatically
      • LAB #8 - Implementing on a node

• DOE402 - Puppet Resources - 2 hours.
  • LAB #1 - The file resource
    • The source attribute
    • The owner attribute
    • The group attribute
    • The mode attribute
    • The ensure attribute
    • The recurse attribute
  • LAB #2 - The package resource
    • The ensure attribute
    • Installing packages
    • Ruby Gems
    • Deleting packages
  • LAB #3 - The service resource
    • The hasstatus attribute
    • The pattern attribute
    • The hasrestart and restart attributes
  • LAB #4 - The user resource
    • Creating a user
  • LAB #5 - The cron resource
    • The user attribute
    • The environment attribute
    • The weekday attribute
    • The monthday attribute
    • The fqdn_rand function
  • LAB #6 - The exec resource
    • The exec attribute
    • The cwd attribute
    • The command attribute
    • The creates attribute
    • The user attribute
    • The onlyif attribute
    • The unless attribute
    • The refreshonly attribute
    • The logoutput attribute
    • The timeout attribute

• DOE403 - Variables, Expressions, Facts and Iterations - 2 hours.
  • LAB #1 - Variables
    • Simple variables
    • Tables
    • Hashes
  • LAB #2 - Expressions
    • Math Expressions
    • Boolean Expressions
    • Regular Expressions
    • Conditional Expressions
  • LAB #3 - Facts
    • Facts in a Hash
    • Facts in an Expression
    • External Facts
    • Executable Facts
  • LAB #4 - Iterations
    • Iteration and Tables
    • Iteration and Hashes

• DOE404 - Hiera and Modules - 2 hours.
  • Preparation
  • Hiera
    • Presentation
    • LAB #1 - Environments
    • LAB #2 - Hiera data types
    • LAB #3 - Interpolation
      • Data sources based on Facts
    • LAB #4 - Creating resources with Hiera data
    • LAB #5 - Managing secret data
  • Modules
    • LAB #6 - Installing Modules
    • LAB #7 - Using Modules
      • puppetlabs/mysql
      • puppetlabs/apache
      • puppet/archive

• DOE405 - Puppet in agent-master mode - 4 hours.
  • Preparation
    • Connecting to the Cloud Server
      • Linux, MacOS and Windows 10 with a built-in ssh client
      • Windows 7 and Windows 10 without a built-in ssh client
    • Configuring VirtualBox
    • Starting the Virtual Machines
    • Connecting to the Virtual Machines
    • Configuring the time zone
    • Deactivating SELinux in puppetslave02
  • LAB #1 - Configuring the Puppet Server
    • Installing puppetserver
    • Configuring puppetserver
  • LAB #2 - Configuring puppet-agent
    • Installing puppet-agent
    • Configuring puppet-agent
  • LAB #3 - Creating a user
  • LAB #4 - Configuring ssh
  • LAB #5 - Configuring Netfilter
    • Executing puppet-agent on node01.i2tch.loc
    • Executing puppet-agent on node02.i2tch.loc
  • LAB #6 - Deploying Apache with Puppet in agent-master mode
    • Creating a role
    • Creating Manifests
    • Creating the configuration files
    • Creating Templates
    • Deploying Apache

• DOE406 - Course completion - 1 hour.
  • What's next?
    • Training materials
    • What you need
      • Hardware
      • Software
      • Virtual Machine
    • Installing the working environment
      • Installing Git
        • Linux
        • Windows
      • Installing VirtualBox
      • Installing Vagrant
      • Installing the Puppet virtual machine
        • Linux
        • Windows
      • Connecting to the Puppet virtual machine
        • Linux
        • Windows
  • What we covered
    • Day #1
    • Day #2
  • Resetting the course infrastructure
  • Evaluate the training session
  • Thanks

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