Pro Puppet
Authors: Jeffrey McCune James Turnbull
Pro Puppet
Copyright © 2011 by James Turnbull and Jeffrey McCune
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Dedicated to my partner and best friend, Ruth Brown, who continues to be wonderful.
James Turnbull
Dedicated to my parents, Pete and Gloria, who year after year accommodate my inability to shut the laptop while on vacation with them, and to Dave Alden for teaching me about configuration management, being a great mentor, and encouraging me to learn.
Jeff McCune
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Puppet
Chapter 2: Building Hosts with Puppet
Chapter 3: Working with Environments
Chapter 5: Externalizing Puppet Configuration
Chapter 6: Exporting and Storing Configuration
Chapter 7: Puppet Consoles: Puppet Dashboard and The Foreman
Chapter 8: Tools and Integration
