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Puppet Certification Course Training

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Master Puppet skills and drive automation with hands-on Puppet course

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Puppet Training Highlights

Course Highlights

24 Hours of Live Instructor-Led Training

50+ Hours of MCQs and Assignments

Practice with the Help of 3 Live Projects

Hone your Skills with 18+ Hours of Hands-On Puppet

Training by Experienced Industry Practitioners

In order to excel in this age of rapid technology innovation and competition, what does every business need and want? Improved IT infrastructure for high availability, accelerated returns, and of course better performance. In other words, they need an IT configuration management system that will help to deploy, configure and manage servers. And there is no other tool that does this better than Puppet. This leading IT automation solution saves time by reducing the pressure of manual work and enhances performance. Puppet is a specially designed tool which helps in managing the configuration of Unix, Linux, OS-X or Windows. It is used for deploying, configuring and managing servers. It enables businesses to define infrastructure code, administer multiple servers, and strengthen the system configuration. It not only provides numerous benefits in IT disciplines but easy to manage as well. It helps developers in enabling hardware and software without the need to learn the inner functioning of an operating system.

Puppet is currently used by more than 35,000 companies including Fortune 100 companies, startups, and other companies; hence the demand for Puppet professionals is increasing day by day. DevOps report also suggests that job seekers with Puppet certification are in high need and are getting higher salaries. In order to succeed in this competitive arena, what individuals and enterprises need is expertise in a tool such as Puppet.

Benefits:

The Puppet certification course is in high demand these days as it gives individuals the expertise to enhance speed and performance by automating IT configuration instead of manually configuring servers. This course helps Linux/Unix/Windows/OS-X system administrators to gain an in-depth knowledge of Puppet implementation in IT infrastructure.

Individual Benefits

A Puppet certification has several substantial benefits for professionals.

  • It helps in learning the ways to automate all IT infrastructures and achieving the control covering each Puppet agent in a network.
  • Get jobs like Puppet Specialist, DevOps Engineer and more with skills in Puppet.
  • Certification along with your IT experience will enhance your marketability in the IT industry.
  • The average job for a skilled Puppet professional in $132,378 as per ZipRecruiter

Organizational Benefits

Puppet training has numerous organizational benefits:

  • A powerful tool for modern automation for cloud management, security, compliance, software development, and deployments.
  • Template based method which installs and maintains computers and servers simultaneously.
  • One change on a single computer and all other systems get upgraded according to that template.
  • Easy to use, install, time-saving, reliable, consistent and not to miss, and reduces lots of manual work.

Why KnowledgeHut For Puppet Training

The KnowledgeHut Advantage

Advanced Curriculum

Our courseware is always updated with the latest tech advancements to keep your skills relevant

Mentored by Industry Leaders

Learn from the best in the field. Our mentors are all experienced professionals

Hands-On Training

Learn theory backed by practical case studies, exercises, and coding practice

Instructor-Led Live Classes

Interact with instructors in real-time— listen, learn, question and apply

Advance From the Basics

Learn concepts from scratch, and advance your learning through step-by-step guidance

Professional Code Reviews

Get reviews and feedback on your final projects from professional developers

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Prerequisites for the Puppet Course

Prerequisites and Eligibility
Prerequisites and Eligibility

Puppet Course Curriculum

Curriculum

1. Introduction to Puppet

Learning Objectives:

In this module you will learn about how Puppet can be used for Configuration Management and how to deploy resources using Infrastructure as a code.

Topics:

  • Evolution of Infrastructure
  • Overview of Infrastructure as a Code
  • What is Configuration Management
  • Puppet Overview

Hands-on workshop description: No Hands-On

2. Puppet Architecture and Components

Learning Objectives:

Understand about Puppet Architecture & the key components of Puppet.

Topics:

  • Puppet Master -Slave Architecture
  • Puppet Components

Hands-on workshop description: No Hands-On

3. Puppet Installation

Learning Objectives:

Learn how to install and configure Puppet Master and Puppet Agent and understand Master/Agent Workflow.

Topics:

  • Install Puppet Master and Puppet Agent
  • Edit hosts and Puppet configuration files in Puppet Master and Agent
  • Establish a Secure Connection between Puppet Master and Puppet Agent

Hands-On:

Deploy Apache Tomcat using Puppet.

4. Puppet Resources and Resource Types

Learning Objectives:

This module talks about what are Resources and Resource Types.

Topics:

  • Overview of Puppet Resources & Resource Types
  • Understand Resource Abstraction Layer

Hands-On:

Working with Resources and Resource Types

5. Puppet Classes - Collection of Resources

Learning Objectives:

Learn about Puppet Classes and how to define the classes.

Topics:

  • Overview of Puppet Classes
  • Writing and define Puppet Classes

Hands-On Lab:

Writing Puppet Classes

6. Puppet Manifests

Learning Objectives:

Understand the various components of Manifests and how to write a Manifest.

Topics:

  • Overview of Manifests
  • Manifest File Workflow
  • Writing Manifests

Hand-On :

Creating and applying a Puppet Manifest

7. Puppet Modules

Learning Objectives:

Understand about what is a Module and how to write a Module.

Topics:

  • Overview of Modules
  • Module Structure
  • Module Name
  • Files in Modules
  • Templates in Modules
  • Writing Modules

Hands-On:

Working with Module Structure and Writing Modules.

8. Puppet Templates

Learning Objectives:

Understand how to Use, Evaluate, Combine and work with Iterations and Conditions with Puppet Templates.

Topics:

  • Overview of Templates
  • Evaluating and Using Templates
  • Using Templates
  • Iteration in Templates
  • Conditions in Templates

Hands-On:

Creating and Working with Templates

9. Puppet Forge

Learning Objectives:

Learn how to work with Puppet Forge to download and upload Modules.

Topics:

  • Overview of Puppet Forge
  • Downloading Modules from Puppet Forge
  • Publishing to Puppet Forge

Hands-On :

Working with Puppet Forge

10. Hiera

Learning Objectives:

Learn how to work with Hiera -Key/Value lookup for Configuration data.

Topics:

  • Overview of Hiera
  • Install and Configure Hiera YAML
  • Using Hiera inside manifests

Hands-On :

Working with Hiera inside manifests

Puppet Projects

Impress Recruiters With a Stellar Project Portfolio
Develop industry-grade projects using concepts learnt during the certification and build a solid, job-worthy portfolio worthy of top tech companies. Land your dream job as a Puppet expert with ease. Here are some of the projects you will develop:
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Streamline System Administration

Efficient. Reliable. Scalable.
Use Puppet to automate repetitive system administration tasks, ensuring consistent configurations and streamlined IT operations.
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What You'll Learn in the Puppet Course

Learning Objectives
1
Puppet Fundamentals

Basics of Puppet Configuration Management and deploying resources using Infrastructure as a code.

2
Puppet Installation

Learn how to install, configure Puppet Master and Puppet Agent, & understand Master/Agent Workflow.

3
Puppet Architecture and its Components

Understand and learn about Puppet Master-Slave Architecture & the key components of Puppet.

4
Puppet Resources and Resource Types

Overview of Puppet Resources & Resource Types and understand Resource Abstraction Layer.

5
Puppet Classes

Understand and learn about Puppet Classes as well as how to define and write the classes.

6
Puppet Manifests

Understand the various components of Manifests, Manifest File workflow and how to write a Manifest.

Who can attend the Puppet Course

Who This Course Is For?
  • Systems Operations Personnel who want to learn to manage infrastructure at scale
  • Developers who set up consistent environments and software delivery using automation
  • Anyone who is interested in learning to write Infrastructure as a Code
  • QA who would like to automate test environment setups
  • Anyone who would like to be a DevOps Professional
Who Should Attend

Puppet Course FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions
Learning Puppet

1. Why is this Puppet course relevant?

Puppet is a configuration management tool that has been extensively adopted by small and large organizations around the world because of its scalability, high availability, interoperability, cost savings and time savings. Also, Puppet has plenty of resources and a huge knowledge base available because of its popularity. Puppet administrators are in great demand and their average salary falls in the range of $85kper year.

This course will introduce you to the world of Puppet and give you a base to build your career in configuration management system.

Note: The figure mentioned here is accurate as of August. 2019.

2. What practical skill sets can I expect to have upon completion of the Puppet course?

You will learn about:

  • Installing and configuring Puppet Master and Puppet Agents
  • Working with Resources and Resource Types.
  • Writing Puppet Resources , Classes , Modules and working with Manifests
  • Working with Puppet Forge for downloading and Publishing Modules

3. What can I expect to accomplish by the end of this Puppet course?

At the end of this course, you will accomplish learning on Puppet - Fundamentals, Installation, Architecture & Components, Resources and Resource types, Manifests, Modules, Templates and Forge.

In addition to this, you will also learn several ways to automate IT infrastructure and manage servers.

4. Does this class have any restrictions?

Basic knowledge of DevOps, Networking, and Linux Fundamentals is required for this training.

5. Who should learn Puppet?

  • System administrators who wish to learn to manage IT infra at scale
  • System administrators who wish to learn to manage multiple servers
  • Developers who set up consistent environment and software delivery using automation tools
  • Professionals looking to write Infrastructure as a Code
  • Professionals looking to move into the DevOps space
  • Quality Assurance professionals who wish to automate test environment setups
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