Can't find good tutorial/how-to

[Stephen Berg (Contractor)]

Ok, I'm very new to puppet, I have a pretty good idea of what it can do
for me. I've got a basic install done and added a couple of test
hosts. Here's where I can't seem to find documentation to get moving
forward. One of my hosts is ok the other is getting errors. I don't
recall doing anything differently on one versus the other so at this
point I'm not even sure either is set up right.

I'd like to find a tutorial or how-to that will get me pointed in the
right direction. Everything I've found so far seems to be geared toward
the admin that already has some experience at getting puppet up and
running. Anyone have a good resource to get me started. (At this point
I'm not even sure I can ask a well formed question about
using/configuring puppet.) :)

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[Dan White]

http://bit.ly/1dyrpm4

“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)

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[Felix Frank]

That was a dick move, Dan. Dick. Move. ;-p

Not only are you hiding your vileness in an obfuscation (steering all
innocent list readers into your trap), but to add insult to injury, your
(arguably) annoying signature is larger in volume than the affront itself.

No cookie.

On 11/26/2013 04:54 PM, Dan White wrote:
> http://bit.ly/1dyrpm4
>
> �Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists
> elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.�

[Ken Barber]

> That was a dick move, Dan. Dick. Move. ;-p
>
> Not only are you hiding your vileness in an obfuscation (steering all
> innocent list readers into your trap), but to add insult to injury, your
> (arguably) annoying signature is larger in volume than the affront itself.
>
> No cookie.

+1 thank you Felix :-).

To keep on topic though, I think what Dan was trying to say in his own
cheeky way was to check out the Learning Puppet tutorials and start
there: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/. It provides a VM to
download and some lessons to walk through that should get you sorted
out on the basics.

Once you've moved beyond those lessons or you start to struggle, come
back to the list and ask your specific questions. Puppet Labs also
offers formal training if that is desirable.

ken.

[R.I.Pienaar]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Felix Frank" <felix...@alumni.tu-berlin.de>
> To: puppet...@googlegroups.com

> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 4:02:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] Can't find good tutorial/how-to
>
> That was a dick move, Dan. Dick. Move. ;-p

While I agree posting lmgtfy links is not ok in response to questions here neither
is calling things a "dick move" on a public mailing list.

Lets keep it civil and inclusive

[Stuart Cracraft]

I recommend picking up copies of the new Puppet and Puppet Cookbook books at www.amazon.com
and stay current with each version.

As well, they say there are about 6000 pages of Puppet documentation at the company website...

[Dan White]

My apologies to all for the inappropriate response.

“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”

Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)

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From: "R.I.Pienaar" <r...@devco.net>
To: puppet...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 1:39:42 PM

Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] Can't find good tutorial/how-to



----- Original Message -----
> From: "Felix Frank" <felix...@alumni.tu-berlin.de>
> To: puppet...@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 4:02:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] Can't find good tutorial/how-to
>
> That was a dick move, Dan. Dick. Move. ;-p

While I agree posting lmgtfy links is not ok in response to questions here neither
is calling things a "dick move" on a public mailing list.

Lets keep it civil and inclusive

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[Stuart Cracraft]

Why is this not moderated?

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[Ken Barber]

We don't moderate every message. Dan and I have discussed this
offline, it was a joke done with bad form and as you can see he has
made a formal apology, and I'm happy where this is right now. It
doesn't have to become a bigger issue IMHO.

ken.

> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/93A20609-8F49-4976-AF06-8BB547DA389F%40me.com.

[Felix Frank]

Me too.

My off-list response to Dan was spam-filtered apparently.

Anyhow, while I stand by the expressed sentiment, I should have
delivered it with more tact. Apologies for the language and demeanor.

On 11/26/2013 08:21 PM, Dan White wrote:
> My apologies to all for the inappropriate response.
>

> �Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists
> elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.�

> Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
>

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> *From: *"R.I.Pienaar" <r...@devco.net>While I agree posting lmgtfy links

[Rich Burroughs]

I took the Puppet Fundamentals class a few months ago in Portland at Puppet Labs and it was great. I definitely recommend it. I already was using Puppet some in my day job but it gave me a lot more context. The instructor was very well qualified and was fielding some pretty advanced questions, he had years of experience working with the tool.

And the second edition of Pro Puppet looks to be pretty good, I'm just a few chapters in.

Rich

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[Stuart Cracraft]

I took Puppet Fundamentals in LA last week and there were THREE instructors for a teacher/student ratio I haven't seen since private school. 

Way to go Luke and Nigel and reports!!!!

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[Nathan Valentine]

Hey, Stephen.

I point people here: https://puppetlabs.com/learn/library. Free self-directed videos about core Puppet concepts with similar content to the instructor-led courses. Great resource if a little hard to find on the website.

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[Rich Burroughs]

Yeah agreed. I took a few of those, I thought they were well done.

Rich

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