[NBLUG/talk] Puppet talk followup

Eric Eisenhart eric at nblug.org
Wed Sep 10 09:55:12 PDT 2008


Hey,

Hope you all found my talk reasonably informative and maybe a little
entertaining.

Slides are up here:
http://eric.eisenhart.name/presentations/puppet-nblug-2008-09.pdf

Here's the info on the very last slide:
* Puppet: http://puppet.reductivelabs.com/
* More: http://delicious.com/freiheit/puppet (my puppet bookmarks)
* Pulling Strings With Puppet: http://xrl.us/oqpb4 (amazon link; book)
* Alternatives:
  * cfengine (automating the old ways)
  * Bcfg2 (XML)
  * LCFG (less OS support)
  * $$$$ (several expensive commercial solutions)
* Me: http://eric.eisenhart.name/
* slide:ology: http://slideology.com/ (book that helped me make better
  slides)

And here's a few web pages that should help you get started using puppet
quickly:
* Install: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/InstallationGuide
* Recommendations: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/PuppetBestPractice
* Full Examples: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/PuppetModules
* Mini Examples: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/tags/puppet%2Crecipe
* Language: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/LanguageTutorial
* Resource Types: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/TypeReference
-- 
Eric Eisenhart
NBLUG Co-Founder
The North Bay Linux Users Group -- http://nblug.org/
eric at nblug.org, IRC: Freiheit at fn AIM: falschfreiheit
Jabber/XMPP/GTalk: freiheit at gmail.com



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