Pro Puppet (3 page)
Authors: Jeffrey McCune James Turnbull
Getting Started with Exported and Stored Configurations
The Stored Configuration Database Server
Configuring Puppet Master for Stored Configuration
Automated SSH Public Host Key Management
Exporting Load Balancer Worker Resources
Automating Nagios Service Checks
Queue Support for Stored Configurations
Installing ActiveMQ on Enterprise Linux-Based Systems
Installing ActiveMQ on Debian-Based Systems
Puppet Master Queue Configuration
Chapter 7: Puppet Consoles: Puppet Dashboard and The Foreman
Logging, Database Backup and Performance
Integrating Foreman's Capabilities
Displaying Nodes Information in Foreman
Using Foreman to trigger Puppet
Chapter 8: Tools and Integration
Installing the Puppet Module Tool
Searching and Installing a Module from the Forge
Creating a Module with the Puppet-Module Tool
The Problem: Resources from Data
Testing the Basic Catalog Policy
Chapter 9: Reporting with Puppet
Chapter 10: Extending Facter and Puppet
Writing and Distributing Custom Facts
Configuring Puppet for Custom Facts
Developing Custom Types, Providers and Functions
Configuring Puppet for Types, Providers and Functions
Writing a Puppet Type and Provider
Writing a Parsed File Type and Provider
A More Complex Type and Provider
Chapter 11: Marionette Collective
Installing and Configuring RabbitMQ
Installing RabbitMQ on RHEL / CentOS
Installing MCollective on Debian and Ubuntu
Installing MCollective on Enterprise Linux
MCollective Server Configuration
Puppet Agent MCollective Plugins
The Facter Plugin for MCollective
Addressing Hosts with Metadata
James
is the author of five technical books about open source software and a long-time member of the open source community. James authored the first (and this second!) book about Puppet and works for Puppet Labs running Client Services.
James speaks regularly at conferences including OSCON, Linux.conf.au, FOSDEM, OpenSourceBridge, DevOpsDays and a number of others. He is a past president of Linux Australia and has run Linux.conf.au and serves on the program committee of Linux.conf.au and OSCON.
James is Australian but currently lives in Portland, Oregon. His interests include cooking, wine, political theory, photojournalism, philosophy, and most recently the Portland Timbers association football team.
James Turnbull
Jeff
is a long-time Puppet community member and open source software advocate. He started off with computers and Unix at a young age thanks to his parents' company, Summit Computer Services. Before graduating with his BS CSE degree, Jeff managed Mac OS X and Linux systems at the Mathematics Department at Ohio State University where he got started with configuration management and Puppet.
Jeff works for Puppet Labs, hacking on code and working with customers to improve their Puppet deployments. Jeff also speaks regularly at conferences including Apple's World Wide Developer Conference, Macworld, Open Source Bridge, Velocity, and others. He travels the world teaching and consulting on Puppet.
Jeff grew up in Ohio and currently lives in Portland, Oregon. His interests include hacking on microcontrollers, anime, photography, music, hiking, and long walks on the beach.
Jeff McCune