Jason Slagle - Learning Puppet Security

Jason Slagle is a veteran of systems and network administration of 18 years. Having worked on everything from Linux systems to Cisco networks and SAN storage, he is always looking for ways to make his work repeatable and automated. When he is not hacking a computer for work or pleasure, he enjoys running, cycling, and occasionally, geocaching.

Jason is a graduate of the University of Toledo from the computer science and engineering technology program with a bachelor's degree in science. He is currently employed by CNWR, an IT and infrastructure consulting company in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. There, he supports several prominent customers in their quest to automate and improve their infrastructure and development operations. He occasionally serves as a part-time instructor at the University of Toledo.

Jason has previously worked as a technical reviewer on Puppet 3: Beginner's Guide and Puppet Monitoring and Reporting .

I would like to thank my wife, Heather, and my son, Jacob. They've been greatly supportive during this process.

Additionally I'd like to thank my mentor, Allen Rioux. Without you, none of this would have been possible.

Vlastimil Holer is a systems engineer, with focus on automation. He has worked with Unix-like systems for more than a decade, and first used Puppet in 2008 while preparing and managing the growing deployment of the GoodData cloud BI on Amazon EC2. Currently, he works on the CERIT Scientific Cloud project at Masaryk University, where he manages and automates their computing, cloud, and storage infrastructure.

Jeroen Hooyberghs is an open source and Linux consultant, working for Open Future in Belgium. In this position as well as in his earlier roles in Linux system administration, he obtained technical expertise through a lot of open source solutions, such as Puppet. In 2014, he became a Puppet Certified Professional and Official Puppet Trainer. As a reviewer, he contributed to Mastering Puppet and Puppet Cookbook , Third Edition .

Michael J. Ladd is a senior manager of systems engineering at Leapfrog Online LLC of Evanston, Illinois. He has been working with Linux systems for more than 15 years, and has been using Puppet for over 5 years. In addition to wrangling computers, Michael enjoys writing music and working through an ever-growing list of books to read. He writes very occasionally at >.

I would like to thank my admirable wife, Jen, for her support and encouragement, and my spirited daughter, Piper.

Stephen McNally received his MBA from Tennessee Technological University in 2013 with focus on management information systems. Stephen has experience in procuring, deploying, maintaining, administering, and decommissioning some of the world's fastest supercomputers. Most notably, his team deployed the first academic petascale supercomputer, Kraken. Stephen has IT experience in multiple industries, including automotive manufacturing, healthcare, and research computing. He oversees all aspects of HPC operations as the group leader for some of the world's brightest and most talented administrators and programmers.

I would like to thank my wife, Christina, and my son, Sutton, for providing their love and support during this process.

Marcus Young recently graduated with a degree in computer science and mathematics, before getting involved in system administration and DevOps. He currently works in software automation using open source tools and technologies. His hobbies include playing ice hockey and brewing beer. He also enjoys hardware projects based on microcontrollers and single-board computers. He is currently working on Implementing Cloud Design Patterns for AWS .

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Preface

Using Puppet is currently one of the hottest trends right now in the IT industry. As the industry moves away from manual provisioning towards automation, the usage of Puppet and its associated tools will only continue to grow.