PuppetConf talk recommendations?

[Rich Burroughs]

You may have already heard but the PuppetConf videos are posted:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV86BgbREluVjwwt-9UL8u2Uy8xnzpIqa

I wasn't able to attend and I'm wondering if there were talks people really like that they'd recommend watching :)

Rich

[James Pryor]

Rich,
I wrote up some notes and a PuppetConf re-cap at:
  https://github.com/jjpryor/rpug-2016-11
for the Raleigh Puppet User Group
  https://www.meetup.com/Raleigh-Puppet-User-Group/

Thanks,

James

Talks that I liked:

• "Enjoying the Journey from Puppet 3.x to Puppet 4.x" - Rob Nelson

  • https://puppetconf2016.sched.org/event/6fj4/enjoying-the-journey-from-puppet-3x-to-4x-rob-nelson-att
  • Slides - http://www.slideshare.net/PuppetLabs/puppetconf-2016-enjoying-the-journey-from-puppet-3x-to-4x-rob-nelson-att
  • Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWnj0xQOZN8
  • He documents things in his talk that I experienced when I migrated from PE 3.8 to PE 2015.2.

• "Can You Manage Me Now? Humanizing Configuration Management at Scale" – Tray Torrance, Twitter

  • https://puppetconf2016.sched.org/event/6fjK/can-you-manage-me-now-humanizing-configuration-management-at-scale-tray-torrance-twitter
  • Slides - http://www.slideshare.net/PuppetLabs/puppetconf-2016-can-you-manage-me-now-humanizing-configuration-management-at-scale-tray-torrance-twitter
  • Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OVaz2dR9vE
  • Twitter is a huge internet property and they are on the path to consolidating from a mixed version of 2.x & 3.x down to 3.x, so that they can get to 4.x
    
    
• "Kubernetes for Sysadmins" – Kelsey Hightower, Google
  • https://puppetconf2016.sched.org/event/6fjT/kubernetes-for-sysadmins-kelsey-hightower-google
  • Live demo that worked, and quite possibly the future of deploying services.
  • Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlAXp0-M6SY
    
    
• "Using HashiCorp's Vault With Puppet" – Seth Vargo, HashiCorp
  • https://puppetconf2016.sched.org/event/6fjv/using-hashicorps-vault-with-puppet-seth-vargo-hashicorp
  • Slides - http://www.slideshare.net/PuppetLabs/puppetconf-2016-using-hashicorps-vault-with-puppet-seth-vargo-hashicorp
  • Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEdhD1hOpds
  • Puppet with good Secrets Management is something that interests many but is not solved by a single vendor. Vault and consul look to be a leader in this space.
    
    
• "Puppet Templates" – Sally Lehman, Auth0
  • https://puppetconf2016.sched.org/event/6fjz/puppet-templates-sally-lehman-auth0
  • Slides - http://www.slideshare.net/PuppetLabs/puppetconf-2016-puppet-templates-sally-lehman-auth0
  • Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz6ngyPb2ew
  • Quite a comprehensive look at various forms of content templating
  • DoggyGIFs++
    
    
• "How to Succeed in Relearning Puppet Without Really Trying" – Joshua Zimmerman, University of Wisconsin
  • https://puppetconf2016.sched.org/event/6fk9/how-to-succeed-in-relearning-puppet-without-really-trying-joshua-zimmerman-university-of-wisconsin
  • Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WexcudaDQY0
  • Solid look at anti-patterns in code and also biases/anti-patterns in how we learn and teach
    
    
• "Moving from Exec to Types and Providers" – Martin Alfke, example42 GmbH
  • https://puppetconf2016.sched.org/event/6fjq/moving-from-exec-to-types-and-providers-martin-alfke-example42-gmbh
  • Slides - http://www.slideshare.net/PuppetLabs/puppetconf-2016-moving-from-exec-to-types-and-providers-martin-alfke-example42-gmbh
  • Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr8H0wSUMBY
  • Did you think writing your own Types and Providers is hard? I did too until Martin shows us how.
  • A+ talk

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[Rich Burroughs]

That's awesome, thanks :)

Rich

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