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Learning Puppet for Windows Server

You're reading from Learning Puppet for Windows Server Organize your Windows environment using Puppet tools to unload administrative burdens in a short time!

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2015

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785281877

Length 234 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Puppet

Concepts

Configuration Management

Author (1):

Fuat Ulugay

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Installing Puppet Server and Foreman

2. Installing Puppet Agents FREE CHAPTER

3. Your First Modules

4. Puppet Forge Modules for Windows

5. Puppet Facts, Functions, and Templates

6. Using Puppet for Windows Security

7. Reporting and Monitoring

8. Installing Software and Updates

Index

Downloading and installing the Puppet agent

This is a very easy step. We just need to log in to one of our Windows servers or clients, and install the Puppet agent. You can download the latest installation file from https://downloads.puppetlabs.com/windows/. Always download the latest version that is compatible with your server. Make sure that the version number of your agent is not greater than your Puppet Master's version.

You can check your Puppet's version in Puppet Master using the following command:

$ puppet --version

Finally, download the correct version that is supported by your server/client, that is, 32 bits or 64 bits.

After the download, you need administrative rights to install the software. Just double-click and install the agent using the Next, Install, and, Finish buttons. You just need to enter the FQDN of the server correctly, as shown in the following screenshot:

Downloading and installing the Puppet agent

After the installation, we can check whether everything has proceeded fine. Normally, you do not need...

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Fuat Ulugay

Fuat Ulugay

Fuat Ulugay is currently the IT and ERP director for SOCAR Turkey. He lives in Istanbul, Turkey. Also, he has worked as an SAP ABAP and SAP CRM consultant for more than 10 years. He is a great fan of open source projects. He implements and teaches them whenever possible. He is good at penetration testing, network security monitoring, industrial control systems security, system administration, and virtualization. Also, he is leading and teaching the security team at his company. He has a blog at http:/hacktr.org, where he writes on open source and security-related topics.

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