Welcome to the Puppet Workshop (or Configuration Management workshop). Today's workshop is comprised of the following topics, in order of appearance:
Topics in this workshop
Introduction to Configuration Management
A short introduction to what part of configuration management it is that Puppet is able to assist with.
Introduction to Puppet
An introduction to how Puppet resolves many of the issues that exist without configuration management.
Puppet Terminology
How Puppet Works
A birds view of Puppet's operations
Puppet Features
Troubleshooting Puppet
Setting up Puppet
Set up Puppet so that it keeps on going
How to use Puppet
Tips & tricks on using Puppet
Other Things To Do With Puppet
Advanced stuff Puppet can also do
Best Practices
More Tips & Tricks on Puppet
The primary audience for this book is, of course, Linux system administrators and engineers seeking to implement, further enhance or extend their knowledge about configuration management in general and by using the next-generation configuration management utility Puppet in particular.
