Index

A

• a2ensite command
  • about / How it works…
• Amazon EC2 tab / Getting ready…
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) / Getting ready…
• Apache servers
  • about / Managing Apache servers
  • managing / Managing Apache servers, There's more...
• Apache virtual hosts
  • creating / Creating Apache virtual hosts, How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
  • custom domains / Custom domains and docroots
  • docroots / Custom domains and docroots
• APT package framework / There's more...
• arguments
  • passing, to shell commands / Passing arguments to shell commands, How it works…
• array iteration
  • using, in templates / Using array iteration in templates, How to do it…, How it works…
• arrays
  • about / Iterating over multiple items
  • creating / Iterating over multiple items
  • using / How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
  • hashes, using / Using hashes
  • creating, with split function / Creating arrays with the split function
• arrays of resources
  • using / Using arrays of resources
• audit metaparameter / How it works…
• Augeas tool
  • about / Introduction
  • used, for automatically edit config files / Using Augeas to automatically edit config files, How it works…
• automatic syntax checking
  • Git hooks, used / Automatic syntax checking with Git hooks
• auto_failback setting / There's more…
• AWS Management Console
  • URL / Getting ready…

B

• Blueprint
  • running / How to do it...

C

• case statements
  • about / Using selectors and case statements, Case statement
  • examples / How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
  • default value, specifying / Defaults
• CentOS
  • about / Linux distributions
• changes parameter / How it works…
• check_syntax.sh script / How it works…
• circular dependency
  • about / Drawing dependency graphs
• circular dependency issue
  • fixing / How it works…
• class inheritance
  • using / Using class inheritance and overriding, How to do it…, How it works…
  • extra values, adding using +> operator / Adding extra values using +>
• cloud computing / Managing EC2 instances
• command output
  • logging / Logging command output, How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
• community Puppet style
  • about / Using community Puppet style
  • using / Using community Puppet style
  • indentation / Indentation
  • quoting / Quoting
  • variables / Variables
  • parameters / Parameters
  • symlinks / Symlinks
• config files
  • line, adding / Making quick edits to config files, How it works…
  • editing automatically, Augeas used / Using Augeas to automatically edit config files, How it works…, There's more…
  • building, snippets used / Building config files using snippets, How to do it…, How it works…
• configuration data
  • importing, with Hiera / Importing configuration data with Hiera, How to do it…, There's more…
• configuration settings
  • inspecting / Inspecting configuration settings
• contain_package assertion / How it works...
• cron
  • Puppet, running from / Running Puppet from cron, Getting ready...
• cron jobs
  • distributing / Efficiently distributing cron jobs, How to do it…, How it works…
• cross-platform manifests
  • writing / Writing reusable, cross-platform manifests
• custom facts
  • creating / Creating custom facts, How it works...

D

• Dean Wilson
  • example, URL / There's more…
• debug messages
  • logging / Logging debug messages
  • variable values, printing / Printing out variable values
  • resource, checking / Checking when a resource is applied
• decentralized Puppet architecture
  • creating / Creating a decentralized Puppet architecture, Getting ready, There's more...
• definitions
  • using / Using definitions
  • creating / How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
• dependencies
  • using / Using dependencies, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• dependency graphs
  • drawing / Drawing dependency graphs, Getting ready…, How to do it…, How it works…
• devbox directory / How to do it...
• directory trees
  • distributing / Distributing directory trees, There's more…
• DocumentRoot parameter
  • about / Custom domains and docroots
• dotfiles / Managing users' customization files
• DOT format, graphs
  • resources.dot / How it works…
  • relationships.dot / How it works…
  • expanded_relationships.dot / How it works…
• dry run mode
  • using / Doing a dry run, There's more…
• dynamic information
  • importing / Importing dynamic information, How to do it…

E

• EC2 instances
  • managing / Managing EC2 instances, Getting ready…
  • AWS example, creating / How to do it…, How it works…, There's more...
• environment variables
  • facts, setting as / Setting facts as environment variables
• ERB (embedded Ruby) syntax / Using ERB templates
• ERB templates
  • using / Using ERB templates, How it works…
• exec resource / How it works…
• executable facts
  • creating / How to do it...
• external facts
  • adding / Adding external facts, How it works..., There's more...
  • debugging / Debugging external facts
  • using, in Puppets / Using external facts in Puppet
• external node classifier
  • using / Using an external node classifier
  • building / How to do it…, There's more…
  • URL / See also

F

• Facter
  • about / Getting information about the environment
  • using / How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
• facts
  • setting, as environment variables / Setting facts as environment variables
• facts.d directory / How it works...
• file
  • shares, managing / Managing NFS servers and file shares, How to do it…, How it works…
• firewall class / How it works…
• firewalls
  • managing, with iptables / Managing firewalls with iptables, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• functions
  • creating / Creating your own functions, How it works...

G

• generate function / Importing dynamic information
• Git
  • used, for managing manifests / Managing your manifests with Git, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...
• Git hooks
  • used, for automatic syntax checking / Automatic syntax checking with Git hooks, How to do it…
• gitrepo / Creating your own providers
• GnuPG
  • used, for encrypting secrets / Using GnuPG to encrypt secrets, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• grep command / How it works…

H

• HAProxy
  • using, to load-balance multiple web servers / Using HAProxy to load-balance multiple web servers, How to do it…, How it works…
• haproxy daemon / How it works…
• Heartbeat
  • used, for building high-availability services / Building high-availability services using Heartbeat, Getting ready..., How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • installing / How it works…
• Hiera
  • configuration data, importing with / Importing configuration data with Hiera, How it works…
  • node-specific data, setting / Setting node-specific data with Hiera
  • looking up with / Looking up data with Hiera, See also
• hiera-gpg
  • secret data, storing with / Storing secret data with hiera-gpg, How it works...
  • setting up / Getting ready..., How to do it...
• high-availability services
  • building, Heartbeat used / Building high-availability services using Heartbeat, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• host resources
  • using / Using host resources, How to do it…
• HTML documentation
  • generating / Producing automatic HTML documentation, How to do it…, There's more…

I

• inherited attributes
  • removing / Removing inherited attributes
• inline templates
  • using / Using inline templates
  • working / How it works…
• inline_template function / Efficiently distributing cron jobs
• in operator
  • about / Using the in operator
  • using / Using the in operator, How to do it…
• installation
  • Puppet / Installing Puppet
• ipaddresses array / How it works…
• iptables
  • firewalls, managing with / Managing firewalls with iptables, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• isnamevar declaration / How it works…

L

• lenses / How it works…
• Linux distributions
  • about / Linux distributions
• load-balance multiple web servers
  • HAProxy used for / How to do it…, How it works…
• logoutput attribute / Logging command output, How it works…
• lookupvar function / How it works...

M

• managehome parameter / How it works…
• manifests
  • creating / Creating a manifest, How to do it...
  • managing, Git used / Managing your manifests with Git, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...
  • checking, with puppet-lint / Checking your manifests with puppet-lint, How to do it..., There's more...
  • about / Introduction
  • making, portable / How to do it…, How it works...
  • generating, with puppet resource / Generating manifests with puppet resource, How to do it…
  • generating, with other tools / Generating manifests with other tools, How to do it..., There's more...
  • testing, with rspec-puppet / Testing your manifests with rspec-puppet, How to do it..., How it works...
• master server list / There's more…
• metaparameter / How it works…
• module
  • about / Using modules
  • using / How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
  • template, using / Templates
  • custom facts / Facts, functions, types, and providers
  • custom functions / Facts, functions, types, and providers
  • custom types / Facts, functions, types, and providers
  • providers / Facts, functions, types, and providers
  • layout, autogenerating / Autogenerating module layout
  • third party modules / Third party modules
  • organizing / Module organization
• multiple file sources
  • using / Using multiple file sources, How to do it…
• multiple items
  • iterating over / Iterating over multiple items
• MySQL
  • about / Managing MySQL
  • managing / How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
• MySQL databases
  • creating / Creating MySQL databases

N

• --noop switch / Auditing resources
• NFS
  • servers, managing / Managing NFS servers and file shares, How to do it…, How it works…
• nfs$$share definition / How it works…
• nfs class / How it works…
• Nginx
  • about / Creating Nginx virtual hosts
• Nginx virtual hosts
  • creating / Creating Nginx virtual hosts, How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
• node-specific data
  • setting, with Hiera / Setting node-specific data with Hiera
• node inheritance
  • using / Using node inheritance, How it works…
• noop metaparameter / Temporarily disabling resources
  • using / How to do it…

O

• old files
  • cleaning up / Cleaning up old files, How to do it…, How it works…
• options parameter / How it works…

P

• packages
  • installing, from third-party repository / Installing packages from a third-party repository, How to do it…, How it works…
  • building, from source / Building packages automatically from source, How it works…
• package versions
  • comparing / Comparing package versions, How it works…
• papply script
  • writing / Writing a papply script, How to do it..., How it works...
  / Getting ready…
• parameters
  • passing, to classes / Passing parameters to classes, How it works…, There's more…
• powerful conditional statements
  • writing / Writing powerful conditional statements
  • example / How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
  • elsif branches / Elsif branches
  • comparisons / Comparisons
  • expressions, combining / Combining expressions
• providers / Creating your own resource types
  • creating / Creating your own providers, How to do it…, How it works…
  • implementing / There's more…
• public modules
  • using / Using public modules, How it works…, There's more…
• pull-updates script / Deploying changes with Rake
• Puppet
  • installing / Installing Puppet, Getting ready..., How to do it...
  • running, from cron / Running Puppet from cron, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...
  • bootstrapping, Rake used / Bootstrapping Puppet with Rake, How to do it..., How it works...
  • standard naming conventions, using / Using standard naming conventions
  • inline templates / Using inline templates
  • arrays / Iterating over multiple items
  • powerful conditional statements, writing / Writing powerful conditional statements
  • regular expressions / Using regular expressions in if statements
  • in operator, using / Using the in operator
  • regular expression substitutions, using / Using regular expression substitutions, How it works…
  • virtual resources / Using virtual resources
  • multiple file sources / Using multiple file sources
  • about / Introduction
  • external facts, using / Using external facts in Puppet
  • dry run mode / Doing a dry run
  • command output, logging / Logging command output
  • command output, loading / How it works…
  • debug messages, logging / Logging debug messages
  • reports, generating / Generating reports, There's more…
  • HTML documentation, generating / Producing automatic HTML documentation, How to do it…, There's more…
  • dependency graphs, drawing / Drawing dependency graphs, Getting ready…, How to do it…
  • configuration settings, inspecting / Inspecting configuration settings
• puppet-lint
  • installing / Getting ready
  • used, for checking manifests / How to do it...
  • URL / There's more...
• Puppet 3.2
  • about / Puppet versions
• puppet apply command / Creating a decentralized Puppet architecture
• puppet config print command / Inspecting configuration settings, How it works…
• Puppet configuration
  • nodeless / There's more...
• Puppet errors
  • about / Understanding Puppet errors, How to do it…
• Puppet Labs official style guide
  • reference link / Using community Puppet style
• Puppet Labs website
  • URL / There's more..., There's more...
• puppet module command / How to do it…
• puppet module search command / How it works…
• puppet resource
  • manifests, generating with / Generating manifests with puppet resource, How to do it…
  / There's more…
• puppet resource command / Generating manifests with puppet resource
• Pysa
  • about / Playing with Pysa
  • URL / Playing with Pysa

R

• Rake
  • about / Deploying changes with Rake
  • used, for deploying changes / Deploying changes with Rake, How to do it...
  • used, for bootstrapping Puppet / Bootstrapping Puppet with Rake, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...
• rbenv
  • about / rbenv
  • installing / rbenv
• RDoc / How it works…
• realize function / Using virtual resources
• recurse parameter
  • about / How to do it…
• Red Hat
  • about / Linux distributions
• refreshonly parameter / How it works…
• regsubst function
  • about / Using regular expression substitutions
• regular expression
  • using, in conditional statement / How to do it…
  • about / There's more…
  • pattern, capturing / Capturing patterns
  • using, with selectors and case statements / Regular expressions
• regular expression substitutions
  • using / Using regular expression substitutions, How it works…
  • working / How it works…
• regular expression syntax
  • about / Regular expression syntax
• reports
  • generating / Generating reports, There's more…
• resources
  • overriding / Using class inheritance and overriding, How to do it…
  • disabling / Disabling resources
  • limiting within specified period, schedule used / Using schedules to limit when resources can be applied, How it works…, There's more…
  • auditing / Auditing resources, How it works…
  • disabling, temporarily / Temporarily disabling resources, How it works…
• resource types
  • creating / Creating your own resource types, How to do it…, There's more…
  • documentation / Documentation
  • validation / Validation
• reusable manifest
  • writing / Writing reusable, cross-platform manifests, How to do it…
• root parameter
  • about / Custom domains and docroots
• rspec-puppet
  • manifests, testing with / Testing your manifests with rspec-puppet, How to do it..., How it works...
• rspec-puppet-init command / How it works...
• Ruby
  • about / Managing Ruby
  • managing / Managing Ruby, How to do it...
  • working / How it works...
• ruby-build
  • about / ruby-build
  • installing / ruby-build
• Ruby regular expression syntax
  • reference link / Regular expression syntax
• run stages
  • using / Using run stages, How it works…
  • creating / How to do it…

S

• schedule metaparameter
  • used, for limiting resources within specified period / Using schedules to limit when resources can be applied, How to do it…, How it works…
• secret data
  • storing, with hiera-gpg / Storing secret data with hiera-gpg, How to do it..., How it works...
• secret function / There's more...
• selector
  • using / Using selectors and case statements
  • exmaples / How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
  • about / Selector
  • default value, specifying / Defaults
• shellquote function / Passing arguments to shell commands
• source parameter / Using multiple file sources
• spec code / How it works...
• standard naming conventions
  • using / Using standard naming conventions, How to do it…
• stats interface / How it works…
• stdlib module / How to do it…
• sum method / How it works...

T

• --timing switch / Debugging external facts
• tags
  • using / Using tags, How to do it...
  • about / Using tags
• third-party repository
  • packages, installing from / Installing packages from a third-party repository, How to do it…, How it works…
• tmpfile definition / How it works…
• type / Creating your own resource types

U

• Ubuntu
  • about / Linux distributions
• unless parameter / How it works…
• user**virtual class
  • creating / How to do it…
• user customization files
  • managing / Managing users' customization files, How to do it…, How it works…
• users
  • managing, virtual resources used / Managing users with virtual resources, How to do it…, How it works…
• users SSH access
  • managing / Managing users' SSH access, How to do it…, How it works…
• Utility computing / Managing EC2 instances

V

• Vagrant
  • used, for managing virtual machines / Managing virtual machines with Vagrant, Getting ready…
  • installing / Getting ready…
  • downloading / Getting ready…
  • VM, creating / How to do it..., How it works…
  • documentation site, URL / There's more…
• versioncmp function / Comparing package versions
• vhost_domain parameter
  • about / How it works…
• virtual IP (VIP) / Building high-availability services using Heartbeat
• virtual machines
  • managing, with Vagrant / Managing virtual machines with Vagrant, Getting ready…
• virtual resources
  • about / Using virtual resources
  • using / Using virtual resources, How to do it…, There's more…
  • used, for managing users / Managing users with virtual resources, How to do it…, How it works…

Y

• YAML format / How it works…