Puppet Books
Version 3 (Grid Engine /Open Grid Scheduler, 12/02/2011 08:59 pm)
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| 3 | 1 | # Pulling Strings with Puppet: Configuration Management Made Easy |
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| 5 | 1 | Competent system administrators know their success hinges upon |
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| 6 | 1 | being able to perform often tedious tasks with rigor and |
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| 7 | 1 | punctuality. Such metrics are often achieved only by instituting a |
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| 8 | 1 | considerable degree of automation, something that has become even |
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| 9 | 1 | more crucial as IT environments continue to scale both in terms of |
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| 10 | 1 | size and complexity. One of the most powerful system administration |
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| 11 | 1 | tools to be released is Puppet, a solution capable of automating |
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| 12 | 3 | Grid Engine /Open Grid Scheduler | nearly every aspect of a system administrator's job, from user |
| 13 | 1 | management, to software installation, to even configuring server |
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| 14 | 1 | services such as FTP and LDAP. |
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| 16 | 1 | [Pulling Strings with Puppet: Configuration Management Made Easy](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590599780?ie=UTF8&tag=puppet0e-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1590599780) |
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| 17 | 1 | is the first book to introduce the powerful Puppet system |
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| 18 | 1 | administration tool. Author James Turnbull will guide you through |
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| 19 | 3 | Grid Engine /Open Grid Scheduler | Puppet's key features, showing you how to install and configure the |
| 20 | 1 | software, create automated Puppet tasks, known as recipes, and even |
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| 21 | 1 | create reporting solutions and extend Puppet further to your own |
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| 22 | 1 | needs. A bonus chapter is included covering the Facter library, |
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| 23 | 1 | which makes it a breeze to automate the retrieval of server |
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| 24 | 1 | configuration details such as IP and MAC addresses. |
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| 26 | 3 | Grid Engine /Open Grid Scheduler | ## What you'll learn |
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| 28 | 1 | - Properly install and configure Puppet in order to begin |
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| 29 | 1 | immediately maximizing its capabilities. |
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| 30 | 1 | - Create reporting solutions to more easily monitor automated |
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| 31 | 1 | outcomes. |
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| 32 | 1 | - Extend Puppet to perform tasks that are capable of suiting your |
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| 33 | 3 | Grid Engine /Open Grid Scheduler | organization's specific needs. |
| 34 | 1 | - Use Facter to query server operating systems for key data such |
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| 35 | 1 | as IP addresses, server names, and MAC addresses. |
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| 37 | 1 | # Pro Linux System Administration |
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| 39 | 1 | We can all be Linux experts, provided we invest the time in |
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| 40 | 1 | learning the craft of Linux administration. |
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| 41 | 1 | [Pro Linux System Administration](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1430219122?ie=UTF8&tag=puppet0e-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1430219122) |
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| 42 | 3 | Grid Engine /Open Grid Scheduler | makes it easy for small to medium-sized businesses to enter the |
| 43 | 3 | Grid Engine /Open Grid Scheduler | world of zero-cost software running on Linux and covers all the |
| 44 | 1 | distros you might want to use, including Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, |
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| 45 | 1 | and CentOS. Authors, and systems infrastructure experts James |
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| 46 | 1 | Turnbull, Peter Lieverdink, and Dennis Matotek take a layered, |
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| 47 | 3 | Grid Engine /Open Grid Scheduler | component-based approach to open source business systems, while |
| 48 | 1 | training system administrators as the builders of business |
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| 49 | 1 | infrastructure. |
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| 51 | 1 | If you want to implement a SOHO or SMB Linux infrastructure, |
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| 52 | 1 | [Pro Linux System Administration](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1430219122?ie=UTF8&tag=puppet0e-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1430219122) |
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| 53 | 3 | Grid Engine /Open Grid Scheduler | clearly demonstrates everything you need. You'll find this book |
| 54 | 1 | also provides a solid framework to move forward and expand your |
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| 55 | 3 | Grid Engine /Open Grid Scheduler | business and associated IT capabilities, and you'll benefit from |
| 56 | 1 | the expertise and experienced guidance of the authors. |
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| 58 | 1 | Chapter 19 covers provisioning, bootstrapping (Kickstart and |
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| 59 | 1 | Preseed) as well as introducing Puppet. |