Learn PUPPET with Real Code Examples

Install and configure Nginx across multiple servers

Manage users, groups, and permissions consistently

Deploy and configure MySQL or PostgreSQL databases

Enforce OS-level security policies

Automate cloud VM setup and provisioning

Check syntax with `puppet parser validate`

Inspect applied resources with `puppet resource`

Review Puppet logs for errors

Ensure agents are connected and signed

Validate Hiera lookups for correct configuration values

Syntax validation with `puppet parser validate`

Unit testing with `rspec-puppet`

Integration testing with `beaker`

Test Hiera lookups for correctness

Use staging environments before production

Puppet Enterprise for managed environments

Puppet Open Source with Master/Agent

Bolt for ad-hoc agentless tasks

Apply manifests locally with `puppet apply`

CI/CD automated deployments

Puppet Enterprise (commercial edition)

Puppet Bolt (agentless orchestration)

Puppet Forge (community modules)

PuppetDB (state storage)

Facter (system facts)

CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI)

Version control (Git) for manifests

Cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes)

Monitoring and compliance tools

Use Bolt for ad-hoc tasks

Organize code into reusable modules

Leverage Puppet Forge for community modules

Test manifests in staging environments

Automate reporting and compliance checks

Understanding DSL syntax for beginners

Managing large numbers of nodes

Debugging complex manifests

Maintaining module versioning

Integrating Puppet with modern cloud-native tools