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.Organize your Windows environment using Puppet tools to unload administrative burdens in a short time.Puppet is a configuration management tool. It allows you to automate all your IT configurations by giving you control of what you do to each node (Puppet agent), focusing also on when and how you do it. In context, Puppet is a cross-platform tool that is widely used for Unix-like and Microsoft Windows systems declaratively. However, it has been used more popularly for Unix-like systems. This book provides insights into using Puppet for Windows administration tasks such as server setup, application updates, and service management.This book kicks off with the fundamentals of Puppet by helping you with the installation of Puppet on a Windows server and progresses with the introduction of the Foreman interface for managing Puppet nodes. Next, you deal with the installation of Puppet agents on multiple clients and how to connect them to your Puppet server by grouping your nodes for easy management. You then become familiarized with the scripting of Puppet manifests along with an understanding of the module structure in Puppet. You further move on to the installation of Puppet Forge Modules and their usage in Windows along with advanced topics such as facts, functions and templates.Moreover, you also venture into the security aspects for Windows by gaining insights into various security settings that will make your server and clients more secure from hackers using different attack vectors. You will also use Puppet and Chocolatey to install and update software.You finally round off by learning how to check the details of reporting and status monitoring along with the automation of installing and updating software for multiple Windows clients arming you with ample artillery to tame Puppet for your future projects.What You Will Learn:
Install Puppet on a Windows server and Foreman interface to have a user-friendly Puppet working environment;
Discover how to install Puppet agents to single or multiple computers and get your hosts connected to Puppetmaster in one shot;
Understand all about creating modules, writing manifests, managing files, services and, users in Puppet;
Learn how to install Puppet Forge modules to complete tasks such as registry management, ACL, and firewall;
Explore the usage of Puppet facts, functions and modules to have a deeper understanding of how Puppet functions;
Manage installation and updates of third party software using Puppet with Chocolatey to completely forgo the manual update chores in your daily plan;
Use Puppet for Windows security to have a more secure environment.Learn to install and implement a Puppet server for Windows administration.
Script Puppet manifests, functions, templates and facts for Windows.
A step-by-step guide that helps you to make your Windows environment more secure with Puppet.Who This Book Is For:
This book is for Windows administrators who are looking for ways to automate management tasks of Windows servers and clients. Prior experience in Windows administration and a basic knowledge of Linux and Puppet will help you create wonders using this book. iPAD Amazon Kindle, PC , Cool Reader (EPUB), Calibre (EPUB, MOBI, AZW3), Adobe Digital Editions (EPUB), FBReader (EPUB, MOBI, AZW3).
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Fuat Ulugay is currently the IT and ERP director for SOCAR Turkey. He lives in Istanbul, Turkey. Also, he has worked as an SAP ABAP and SAP CRM consultant for more than 10 years.
He is a great fan of open source projects. He implements and teaches them whenever possible. He is good at penetration testing, network security monitoring, industrial control systems security, system administration, and virtualization. Also, he is leading and teaching the security team at his company. He has a blog at http:/hacktr.org, where he writes on open source and security-related topics.
I would like to thank my wife, Cigdem, for her continuous support while writing this book. Also, I would like to thank my little son, Omer Faruk, for his patience and playtime sacrifice when I was working on this book.
Rudi Broekhuizen is a system administrator at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands. From 2005 to 2013, his main focus was on Microsoft products, VMware virtualization, and networking.
Since 2013, he has been involved in transforming the IT organization to take a more DevOps-oriented approach. His main focus shifted to Linux, automated configuration management using Puppet, monitoring and analytics, OpenStack, and replacing closed source software with open source software.
To see what Rudi is currently working on, take a look at some of his code at https://github.com/rudibroekhuizen and https://github.com/naturalis.
Also, do not hesitate to leave a comment on his blog at https://rudibroekhuizen.wordpress.com/.
Jordan Olshevski is a professional services engineer at Puppet Labs. He has a background in software engineering and systems administration. He frequently consults enterprise organizations and has a passion for improving the lives of engineers through DevOps tooling and Agile methodologies. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to jazz music and contributing to the open source community.
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Puppet is a configuration management tool. It allows you to automate all your IT configurations by giving you the control of what you do to each node (Puppet agent), and also, focusing on when and how you do the configurations. In this context, Puppet is a cross-platform tool that is widely used for Unix-like and Microsoft Windows systems. However, it has been popularly used for Unix-like systems. This book provides insights into using Puppet for Windows administration tasks, such as server setup, application updates, and service management.
This book kicks off with the fundamentals of Puppet by helping you with the installation of Puppet on a Windows Server, and progresses with the introduction of the Foreman interface to manage Puppet nodes. Next, you will deal with the installation of Puppet agents on multiple clients and how to connect them to your Puppet server by grouping your nodes for easy management. Then, you will become familiar with the scripting of Puppet manifests along with an understanding of the module structure in Puppet. You will further move on to the installation of the Puppet Forge modules and their usage in Windows along with advanced topics such as facts, functions, and templates.
Moreover, you will venture into the security aspects for Windows by gaining insights into the various security settings that will make your server and clients more secure from hackers that use different attack vectors. You will also use Puppet and Chocolatey to install and update software.
Finally, you will round off by learning how to check the details of reporting and status monitoring along with the automation of installing and updating software for multiple Windows clients, arming you with ample artillery to tame Puppet for your future projects.
, Installing Puppet Server and Foreman , starts with an introduction to Puppet. It continues with the installation of the operating system of the server. Next, it deals with the installation of Puppet Server and Foreman. Finally, this chapter ends with the security settings of the server.
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