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The goal of this design pattern is to keep configurable data in one place and make it friendly to an ENC. This addresses the problem of module reusability. If you have are keeping data in your module, then someone else cannot just reuse your module without making changes to the code. This pattern solves that […]

This week we released Puppet 2.6.8, the latest maintenance release in our 2.6 series. This release addresses several issues users have had with previous Puppet 2.6 releases, as well as adding in a couple of nifty new features: (#2311) The deprecated darwinports provider has been replaced by a new MacPorts provider. This allows Puppet users […]

As most of you realize by now, Puppet 2.7 was released under the Apache 2.0 license instead of under the GPL, and Facter has already been released under the Apache license. My goal in this post is to explain why, and what effects you might expect to see as a result. We’ve been talking about […]

Puppet Faces is one of the features I am proudest to deliver in the new Puppet 2.7.0 release. (Well, the RC series heading toward release, anyway.) They represent a new API for creating subcommands, as well as extending existing subcommands to add extra capabilities‚ without having to modify the supplied source code. In this post, […]

Version 1.1 of Puppet Dashboard was recently released, fixing a number of bugs and broadening the feature set. If you’re already a Dashboard user, you’ll certainly find this a worthwhile upgrade. If you’re not, then now is a great time to check it out. Here’s why: Inventory service integration. Working in beautiful harmony with the […]

We are excited to be a program development sponsor for The Ada Initiative, a non-profit committed to increasing the involvement and involvement opportunities of women in open technology and culture. The cause is near and dear to our heart, as CEO Luke sums up: The open source community needs to recruit and retain more women. […]

Mac Inventory/Warranty Lookups with MCollective Maintaining an accurate inventory of all of your machines is an oft-neglected evil for IT staff. Knowing when a machine was purchased and, more importantly, if it’s still under warranty is often overlooked until something malfunctions. Most vendors provide a way to access the machine’s serial number programmatically, and many […]

One of the most common questions from the Puppet community is, “What’s the best way to write a module/class/resource? What style does Puppet Labs use when they write manifests?” So internally we all got together and decided to write the definitive Puppet Style Guide. To do this we gathered the experience from the Professional Services, Operations, and […]

The needs and benefits of configuration management software (CMS) to manage environments have long been recognized, even before the explosion of system growth due to virtualization and cloud computing. “Towards a High-Level Machine Configuration System” was not the first paper written about configuration management, but it underlines the need for configuration management software existed as […]

We are pleased to announce the release 1.1.3 of The Marionette Collective. This release is part of the development series and should be used by early adopters. MCollective 1.1.3 offers a major new feature and numerous bug fixes: Enhancements: A new feature called Subcollectives was introduced. An exec wrapper was added to assist in safely […]

If you’re reading this, odds are good that you learned how to use Puppet at some point. So if you took a newbie sysadmin under your wing tomorrow, how would you suggest they learn Puppet? Or, to put yourself in the newbie’s shoes: if you wanted to learn Puppet, where would you look first? There […]

I know February is the shortest calendar month, but it seems to have passed faster than a bolt of lightning. Did you catch us at FOSDEM, SCALE9X, the LA Puppet User Group, the Austin Cloud User Group, or GeekAustin? Puppet evangelism is somewhat new. While we’ve always been out at conferences and user groups when […]

Upgrading Puppet can be a long and involved process, particularly when skipping major versions. New language features are a included in each Puppet major version release. These changes, however, mean that upgrading Puppet is not a simple matter of installing a new package. The Puppet master should be upgraded to the new version first, then […]

DEPRECATION NOTICE: This article is no longer relevant and exists for historical purposes only. The Ruby DSL was an experimental project that added the ability to write Puppet code in pure Ruby. It was never widely adopted and was eventually completely removed in Puppet 4.0. The new Ruby DSL for Puppet (available in 2.6.0 and […]

We’ve scheduled trainings through June 2011, which means our Puppeteers are coming to you (assuming you live in or near one of these five cities) to share their expertise, near infinite patience, and free t-shirts. New Puppet Trainings May 10-12: Columbia, MD May 31-June 2: London, UK June 6-8: Atlanta, GA June 8-10: New York, […]

I am enormously pleased to be starting at Puppet Labs in a couple of weeks. I believe that it’s not hyperbole to say that Puppet Labs is one of the coolest companies in the country, and we are fortunate to have them in Portland. Puppet leads the industry in systems management. I asked people about […]

As Puppet Camp draws closer, many of you are inevitably balancing the costs and benefits of attending camp. Perhaps you don’t want to lose a few days at the office, or maybe the flight and hotel fees have you worried. Here are some helpful points that will help alleviate any concerns you might have, and […]