'State of Puppet', presented at Puppet Camp San Francisco 2013 by Nigel Kersten, CTO of Puppet Labs. Learn more about IT automation and configuration management at www.puppetlabs.com. Bonus: 25% off a Puppet Certification Exam! Use code PU2551959831 at http://bit.ly/Sv3tQa though the end of Sept.

1. Nigel Kersten
@nigelkersten
IRC: nigelk
nigel@puppetlabs.com
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2. Thanks to
our Sponsor
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3. A quick poll
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4. It all started here
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5. PuppetCamp SF 2009
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6. PuppetCamp SF 2010
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7. PuppetConf 2012 (SF)
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8. Today
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9. AUGUST 22 - 23
http://puppetconf.com
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10. Strong Community
Forum 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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11. Tuesday, April 9, 13

12. 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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13. The State of
IT
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14. Tuesday, April 9, 13

15. More. Faster.
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16. Old practices
are constraints...
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17. ...and old
constraints are
gone
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18. DevOps
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19. Change must be
embraced
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20. Cloud
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21. State of IT
Automation
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22. Enabling Frictionless
Technological Change
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23. Simple, Declarative
package { '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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24. New Approach: Software
Defined Infrastructure
1. DEFINE 2. SIMULATE
}
Re-usable infrastructure-as-code Before deploying changes
4. REPORT 3. ENFORCE
CURRENT
STATE
DESIRED
STATE
Insight into changes Automatically and reliably
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25. Puppet
Enterprise
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26. Puppet Enterprise
GUI Cloud Provisioning
Orchestration Compliance
Services &
Packaging
Support
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27. GUI for Puppet
Time-based
display for insight
into rate of
change
High level
status for
nodes
Detailed node
status to pinpoint
specific issues
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28. PE Live Management
Choose nodes to
clone to ensure
consistency
Browse for Preview the
managed impact before
nodes in your you clone
infrastructure nodes
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29. 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
VMware vSphere or AWS
Respond quickly to business demands while maintaining
configuration consistency across environments
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30. Organizational Scalability
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31. How to Adopt
Puppet
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32. Start Small
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33. Seek the Pain
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34. Seek
Organizational
Leverage
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35. Puppet
Activity Log
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36. Performance
Gains
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37. Puppet
Armatures
(ARM)
github.com/puppetlabs/armatures
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38. Forge By the Numbers
Jan 2012 March 2013
Modules 260 950+
Users 930 2270+
Total Downloads
439,000+
Since Feb 2012
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39. MCollective
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40. 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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41. 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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42. Training
&
Certification
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43. Training by Country
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44. Puppet Education:
Training and Certification Track
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45. Puppet Labs
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46. Customers Everywhere
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47. Puppet Labs: by the numbers
Jan 2012 March 2013
Employees 55 120
Customer Countries 29 42
836 m2 2,232 m2
Office Space
9,000 ft2 25,000 ft2
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48. Puppet Labs: A Great Place to Work!
Weekly Company Lunch
Awesome Espresso & Tea
Photos by Gary Larizza
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49. We’re Hiring!
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50. Questions?
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51. Thank You!
Learn More:
http://puppetlabs.com
http://puppetlabs.com/community
http://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/
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52. AUGUST 22 - 23
http://puppetconf.com
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