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Learning Puppet for Windows Server

By : Fuat Ulugay
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Learning Puppet for Windows Server

By: Fuat Ulugay

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Learning Puppet for Windows Server
Fuat Ulugay
Aug, 2015 | 234 pages
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Learning Puppet for Windows Server
Learning Puppet for Windows Server
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Installing Puppet Server and Foreman
Installing Puppet Server and Foreman
The differences between using Puppet with Windows and with Linux
Installing Puppet Server
Installing Foreman
The Foreman interface
Keeping your server secure
Summary
2
Installing Puppet Agents
Installing Puppet Agents
Downloading and installing the Puppet agent
Installing the Puppet agent on multiple clients
Managing the node certificates
The host groups
Summary
3
Your First Modules
Your First Modules
The module structure
The module layout
Modules for creating the files and folders
Importing the module class in Foreman
Uploading files
Creating folders
Managing services
Running commands
Managing users
Summary
4
Puppet Forge Modules for Windows
Puppet Forge Modules for Windows
Installing modules from Puppet Forge
Managing the registry
The access control list
Firewall
The reboot module
Summary
5
Puppet Facts, Functions, and Templates
Puppet Facts, Functions, and Templates
Puppet facts
Adding the custom facts
The Puppet templates
The Puppet functions
Summary
6
Using Puppet for Windows Security
Using Puppet for Windows Security
Locking the Startup folder
Locking the hosts file
Stopping unnecessary services
Making sure that the security-related services are running
Denying all incoming traffic and allowing only the necessary ports
Making the local administrator passwords unique
Summary
7
Reporting and Monitoring
Reporting and Monitoring
Checking the infrastructure statistics
Checking the statuses of hosts from Foreman
Checking the report details of hosts from Foreman
Checking the statuses of hosts from the terminal
Summary
8
Installing Software and Updates
Installing Software and Updates
Installing a software with package resource
What is Chocolatey?
Using Chocolatey to install a software
Using Chocolatey to update a software
Using Puppet and Chocolatey to update mostly used software
Updating the Puppet agents
Uninstalling a software
Summary
Index
Index

The module structure

We will start with the basic module structure. Puppet uses manifests to apply settings to hosts. Puppet manifests are the files containing the Puppet code. The manifests, files, and data are packed as a module structure. You can write your own modules or you can download pre-built open source modules from the Puppet Forge. We will deal with Puppet Forge modules in Chapter 4, Puppet Forge Modules for Windows.

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