From what I''ve been reading about puppet I think it''s the answer to my (and every sysadmin''s) prayers. I''ve been going over the docs at the reductive labs web site, and I''ve found a short introduction using the ''sudo'' example, but the next step I''ve found there is "everything". Does anyone know of a guide or site that can get someone going on puppet quickly, without having to swallow the whole system at once? Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Brian Mathis <brian.mathis@gmail.com> wrote:> > From what I''ve been reading about puppet I think it''s the answer to my > (and every sysadmin''s) prayers. I''ve been going over the docs at the > reductive labs web site, and I''ve found a short introduction using the > ''sudo'' example, but the next step I''ve found there is "everything". > > Does anyone know of a guide or site that can get someone going on > puppet quickly, without having to swallow the whole system at once? > > Thanks > > > >James Turnbull''s book "Pulling Strings with Puppet" is a decent intro. -- - Brian Gupta --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Bjørn Dyre Dyresen
2008-Sep-16 18:18 UTC
[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started.. quick start guide?
I recommend getting the book "pulling strings with puppet" It is well laid out and will teach you what you need to know in a rapid fashion with clear and easy to understand examples. The other thing is you have to ask your self what you want puppet to manage. Do you want puppet to manage a nfs server? Then make a class managing nfs servers. Do you want to make sure certain packages are installed? Then make a class taking care of that. Eg: You have some needs, and then you make sure puppet take care of the needs. That is at least how I work with this, and I think this is pretty common. 2008/9/16 Brian Mathis <brian.mathis@gmail.com>> > From what I''ve been reading about puppet I think it''s the answer to my > (and every sysadmin''s) prayers. I''ve been going over the docs at the > reductive labs web site, and I''ve found a short introduction using the > ''sudo'' example, but the next step I''ve found there is "everything". > > Does anyone know of a guide or site that can get someone going on > puppet quickly, without having to swallow the whole system at once? > > Thanks > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 9/16/2008 12:21 PM, Brian Mathis wrote:> Does anyone know of a guide or site that can get someone going on > puppet quickly, without having to swallow the whole system at once?Same recommendations as everyone else (James Turnbull''s book, haven''t read it, but everyone else says it''s great), plus two others: 1. I''ve got several posts up about converting my systems over to a managed infrastructure at http://blogs.cae.tntech.edu/mwr/infrastructure-management/ -- there''s still a few pieces left to write up (and to completely implement, for that matter), but it''s pretty puppet-centric. 2. Similarly, there may be a few posts at http://blogs.cae.tntech.edu/mwr/category/puppet/ that aren''t linked from the infrastructure management pages. But generally, a naive puppet setup is just a matter of writing down what you''d have to do to get a particular service up and running to your liking. Often it''s of the form: 1) Install a package with my usual package manager. 2) Edit a configuration file from the package if necessary, or copy over a standard configuration file from a network location. 3) Restart the package''s service if I actually changed anything in step 2. The writeup at http://blogs.cae.tntech.edu/mwr/2007/05/13/time-synchronization/ is a bit more complicated than the above, but only by trying to account for multiple platforms, and whether or not ntp should be running in a VM. Anything that''s not obvious in the time sync post can most likely be clarified by checking Puppet''s Type Reference. -- Mike Renfro / R&D Engineer, Center for Manufacturing Research, 931 372-3601 / Tennessee Technological University --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---