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Puppet Cookbook - Third Edition

You're reading from   Puppet Cookbook - Third Edition Jump-start your Puppet deployment using engaging and practical recipes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784394882
Length 336 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Puppet Language and Style FREE CHAPTER 2. Puppet Infrastructure 3. Writing Better Manifests 4. Working with Files and Packages 5. Users and Virtual Resources 6. Managing Resources and Files 7. Managing Applications 8. Internode Coordination 9. External Tools and the Puppet Ecosystem 10. Monitoring, Reporting, and Troubleshooting Index

Chapter 4. Working with Files and Packages

 

"A writer has the duty to be good, not lousy; true, not false; lively, not dull; accurate, not full of error."

 
 --E.B. White

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Making quick edits to config files
  • Editing INI style files with puppetlabs-inifile
  • Using Augeas to reliably edit config files
  • Building config files using snippets
  • Using ERB templates
  • Using array iteration in templates
  • Using EPP templates
  • Using GnuPG to encrypt secrets
  • Installing packages from a third-party repository
  • Comparing package versions
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