Configuration Management with Puppet (DO405)

Certified as a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or have equivalent experience

This course is designed for system administrators and cloud administrators who intend to implement Puppet as integrated with Red Hat products in an operations environment or a cloud computing environment.

This course is on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Satellite 6.

Course Outline:

1. Course Introduction

• Introduction to the course

2. Identify System Administration Functions in Puppet

• System administration functions in Puppet code

3. Puppet Architecture

• Puppet architecture and describe a state model

4. Implement a Puppet Manifest

• Build, validate, and deploy a Puppet manifest

5. Troubleshoot Puppet Manifests

• Find documentation and diagnose errors in Puppet manifests

6. Implement Git

• Implement Git to manage software

7. Find Information with Facter

• View information about systems using Facter

8. Implement Puppet Modules

• Create Puppet modules and implement classes in a manifest

9. Implement Relationships in a Puppet Module

• Implement namespaces, relationships, and dependencies in a Puppet module

10. Implement Variables and Conditionals in a Puppet Module

• Implement variables and conditionals in a Puppet module

11. Identify Advanced System Administration Functions in Puppet

• Advanced system administration functions in Puppet code

12. Implement Puppet

• Deploy and configure a Puppet master and a Puppet client

13. Implement External Puppet Modules

• Implement Puppet modules from Puppet Forge

14. Implement Puppet in a DevOps Environment

• Implement Puppet in a DevOps environment

15. Implement Puppet in Red Hat Satellite 6

• Implement Puppet in a Red Hat Satellite 6 environment