Spencer Krum - Pro Puppet

Pro Puppet

Second Edition

Spencer Krum

William Van Hevelingen

Ben Kero

James Turnbull

Jeffery McCune

Pro Puppet, Second Edition

Copyright 2013 by Spencer Krum, William Van Hevelingen, Ben Kero, James Turnbull, and Jeffery McCune

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Dedicated to my Mother and Father, who have stood strong with me through so much. I am grateful.

Spencer Krum

This book is dedicated to those of you just beginning your journey to somewhere great.

Ben Kero

Dedicated to my family, friends and all the CATs.

William Van Hevelingen

Contents at a Glance

Contents

About the Authors

Spencer Krum is a Linux and application administrator with UTi Worldwide Inc., a shipping and logistics firm. He lives and works in Portland. He has been using Linux and Puppet for years. His interests are in DevOps and teaching the next generation of hackers. He, like William, is a product of the Computer Action Team at Portland State University. He has spoken, often with either William or Ben, at Puppet Conf, Open Source Bridge, numerous BarCamps and user groups, and at Cascadia IT Conf. Spencer participates in the Portland DevOps user group and the Portland Puppet Users group. He enjoys hacking, tennis, StarCraft, and Hawaiian food. You can find his GitHub at http://github.com/nibalizer .