Key FeaturesDevelop skills to run Puppet 5 on single or multiple servers without hiccupsUse Puppet to create and manage cloud resources such as Amazon EC2 instancesTake full advantage of powerful new features of Puppet including loops, data types, Hiera integration, and container managementBook DescriptionPuppet 5 Beginners Guide, Third Edition gets you up and running with the very latest features of Puppet 5, including Docker containers, Hiera data, and Amazon AWS cloud orchestration. Go from beginner to confident Puppet user with a series of clear, practical examples to help you manage every aspect of your server setup.Whether youre a developer, a system administrator, or you are simply curious about Puppet, youll learn Puppet skills that you can put into practice right away. With practical steps giving you the key concepts you need, this book teaches you how to install packages and config files, create users, set up scheduled jobs, provision cloud instances, build containers, and so much more.Every example in this book deals with something real and practical that youre likely to need in your work, and youll see the complete Puppet code that makes it happen, along with step-by-step instructions for what to type and what output youll see. All the examples are available in a GitHub repo for you to download and adapt for your own server setup.What you will learnUnderstand the latest Puppet 5 featuresInstall and set up Puppet and discover the latest and most advanced featuresConfigure, build, and run containers in production using Puppets industry-leading Docker supportDeploy configuration files and templates at super-fast speeds and manage user accounts and access controlAutomate your IT infrastructureUse the latest features in Puppet 5 onward and its official modulesManage clouds, containers, and orchestrationGet to know the best practices to make Puppet more reliable and increase its performanceAbout the AuthorJohn Arundel is a DevOps consultant, which means he helps people build world-class web operations teams and infrastructure and has fun doing it. He was formerly a senior operations engineer at global telco Verizon, designing resilient, high-performance infrastructures for major corporations such as Ford, McDonalds, and Bank of America. He is now an independent consultant, working closely with selected clients to deliver web-scale performance and enterprise-grade resilience on a startup budget.He likes writing books, especially about Puppet (Puppet 2.7 Cookbook and Puppet 3 Cookbook are available from Packt as well). It seems that at least some people enjoy reading them, or maybe they just like the pictures. He also provides training and coaching on Puppet and DevOps, which, it turns out, is far harder than simply doing the work himself.Off the clock, he is a medal-winning competitive rifle and pistol shooter and a decidedly uncompetitive piano player. He lives in a small cottage in Cornwall, England and believes, like Cicero, that if you have a garden and a library, then you have everything you need.You may like to follow him on Twitter at @bitfield.Table of ContentsGetting started with Puppet Creating your first manifests Managing your Puppet code with Git Understanding Puppet resources Variables, expressions, and facts Managing data with Hiera Mastering modules Classes, roles, and profiles Managing files with templates Controlling containers Orchestrating cloud resources Putting it all together