the state of puppet

Nigel Kersten@nigelkersten

IRC: nigelknigel@puppetlabs.com

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Thanks toour Sponsor

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A quick poll

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It all started here

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PuppetCamp SF 2009

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PuppetCamp SF 2010

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PuppetConf 2012 (SF)

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Today

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Strong CommunityForum Members Jan 2012 Feb 2013

puppet-users list 3588 5402

puppet-dev list 724 971

ask.puppetlabs.com N/A 383

#puppet 600 980

Repository Jan 2012 Feb 2013

Puppet Forks 236 496

Puppet Watchers 526 1185

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Easy to Get Involved

• Help with Documentation

• Ask/Answer questions

•http://ask.puppetlabs.com

•mailing lists

• IRC

• Help with bug triage

• Contribute code

• Contribute modules on the Forge

• Visit https://puppetlabs.com/community to learn more

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The State ofIT

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More. Faster.

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Old practicesare constraints...

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...and old constraints are

gone

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DevOps

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Change must be embraced

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Cloud

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State of IT Automation

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Enabling FrictionlessTechnological Change

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Simple, Declarativepackage { 'ssh': ensure => latest,}

file { 'sshd_config': path => '/etc/ssh/sshd_config', owner => root, group => root, require => Package[ssh], notify => Service[ssh], ...}

service { 'ssh': ensure => running,}

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New Approach: SoftwareDefined Infrastructure

1. DEFINE 2. SIMULATE

4. REPORT

Re-usable infrastructure-as-code Before deploying changes

Automatically and reliably Insight into changes

DESIRED STATE

CURRENT STATE

3. ENFORCE

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Puppet Enterprise

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Puppet Enterprise

GUI

Orchestration

Packaging

Compliance

Cloud Provisioning

Services & Support

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GUI for Puppet

High level status for

nodes

Time-based display for insight

into rate of change

Detailed node status to pinpoint

specific issues

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PE Live Management

Browse for managed

nodes in your infrastructure

Preview the impact before

you clone nodes

Choose nodes to clone to ensure

consistency

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VM/Cloud Provisioning

1. Create VM node capacity using VMware vSphere or AWS

2. Automatically install the Puppet Agent on new nodes

3. Configure nodes using existing definitions

Respond quickly to business demands while maintaining configuration consistency across environments

VMware vSphere or AWS

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Organizational Scalability

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How to AdoptPuppet

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Start Small

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Seek the Pain

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Seek Organizational

Leverage

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PuppetActivity Log

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PerformanceGains

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Puppet Armatures

(ARM)github.com/puppetlabs/armatures

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Forge By the Numbers

Jan 2012 March 2013

Modules 260 950+

Users 930 2270+

Total DownloadsSince Feb 2012 439,000+

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MCollective

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PuppetDB

• PuppetDB 1.1 released

• Enhanced Query API for facts, subqueries, regular expressions

• Report Storage

• Report Query in an experimental API

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Razor

• Security audits, fixes in the 0.9.0 release

• Not yet ready for prime time

• Help us get it there

• File bugs, contribute to the community

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Training&

Certification

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Training by Country

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Puppet Education:Training and Certification Track

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Puppet Labs

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Customers Everywhere

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Puppet Labs: by the numbers

Jan 2012 March 2013

Employees 55 120

Customer Countries 29 42

Office Space 836 m2

9,000 ft22,232 m2

25,000 ft2

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Awesome Espresso & Tea

Weekly Company Lunch

Puppet Labs: A Great Place to Work!

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We’re Hiring!

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Questions?

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Thank You!

Learn More:http://puppetlabs.com

http://puppetlabs.com/communityhttp://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/

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