Configuring the Puppet Master and Puppet Agent Overview/Description Target Audience Prerequisites Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Expertise Level Overview/Description
Most of the functionality of Puppet is contained in the Puppet master and the Puppet agent. In this course, you'll learn how to configure Puppet for automated server configuration.
Target Audience
IT professionals including application developers, cloud engineers, managers, or cloud architects
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
1.2
Lesson Objectives Configuring the Puppet Master and Puppet Agent
start the course
describe how Hiera works within Puppet
identify how Hiera is installed and configured in different versions of Puppet
identify the three layers of Hiera and how they are used
create a Puppet test class to be used by Hiera
code a module to be used by Puppet
create classes to be used by Puppet for configuration
create Puppet parameterized classes
describe the class inheritance hierarchy
describe the Puppet resources types and how they are used
write code to use Puppet resources
determine how to use attributes and types in Puppet
write code to use custom Puppet resource types
analyze the Puppet resource abstraction layer
design a Puppet master/Puppet agent configuration solution
Course Number: os_dopu_a02_it_enus
Expertise Level
Intermediate