Module 1: Introduction to Puppet

• Configuration management overview: desired state and idempotency
• Puppet architecture: Puppet Server, PuppetDB, Puppet Agent, and catalog
• Puppet Open Source vs Puppet Enterprise: feature comparison
• Installing Puppet Server and Agent: Puppet 7/8 on Linux

Module 2: Puppet Language Fundamentals

• Resources: the basic unit of Puppet configuration (file, package, service)
• Resource types: package, file, service, user, group, exec, and cron
• Manifest files: writing .pp files with resource declarations
• Resource ordering: before, require, notify, and subscribe relationships

Module 3: Classes and Modules

• Classes: grouping related resources into reusable components
• Class parameters: making classes configurable
• Module structure: manifests, files, templates, lib, and spec directories
• Puppet Forge: downloading and using community modules

Module 4: Variables, Facts, and Templates

• Variables: local and class-scoped variable usage in Puppet
• Facter: system facts and custom facts for node information
• EPP templates: Embedded Puppet templating for dynamic config files
• Hiera: hierarchical data lookup for separating code from data

Module 5: Puppet Server and Node Classification

• Puppet Server: certificate signing, CA management, and catalog compilation
• ENC (External Node Classifier): classifying nodes with PE Console or scripts
• Environments: code environments for development, staging, and production
• Code Manager: r10k and automated code deployment from Git

Module 6: Puppet Enterprise Console

• PE Console: node inventory, reports, and task management
• Role-based access control (RBAC): user and permission management
• Puppet Tasks and Plans: imperative automation with Bolt
• Compliance reporting: configuration drift detection and remediation

Module 7: Testing and Best Practices

• rspec-puppet: unit testing Puppet manifests and modules
• Puppet Litmus: acceptance testing with Docker and Vagrant
• Puppet code style: puppet-lint and best practices
• Puppet module development workflow: PDK (Puppet Development Kit)

Module 8: Capstone Project and Assessment

• Module development: write a Puppet module to deploy a web stack
• Hiera data: separate environment-specific data from Puppet code
• PE workflow: classify nodes, run Puppet, and verify compliance
• Final assessment and course certification

Experience in the Industry Learn from Puppet-certified engineers who have implemented Puppet Enterprise for configuration management and compliance automation at financial services firms, healthcare organisations, and large enterprise IT departments.

Backgrounds at the Top Our Puppet trainers hold Puppet Practitioner or Puppet Professional certifications and have built Puppet module libraries managing thousands of nodes across complex multi-OS enterprise environments.

Clear & Effective Teaching Puppet architecture, Puppet DSL, resources, classes, modules, Hiera, Facter, Puppet Server, PE Console, Bolt tasks, rspec-puppet testing, and PDK are explained with real configuration management examples.

Hands-On Learning Focus Students write Puppet manifests, build reusable modules, configure Hiera data hierarchies, use Puppet Enterprise Console, run Bolt tasks, and test modules with rspec-puppet through structured hands-on labs.

Up-to-Date Knowledge Trainers keep content current with the latest Puppet 8 and Puppet Enterprise releases, Puppet Bolt automation updates, and evolving infrastructure configuration management best practices.