puppet_lab_chap3_manifests.md

Lab 03 : Creating and applying a Puppet Manifest

Getting familiar with Puppet

puppet

puppet --version 

puppet help 

puppet help 

puppet man resource 

puppet resource 

puppet resource user root

Creating and aplying the first Resource

Lets create our first resource to manage a system user by name deploy file: base.pp

user {"deploy" :
      ensure       => present, 
      uid          => 5001, 
      password     => '$1$WD98.uaZ$cxx30x/K3FXQrljxsvBIu/',
      home         => '/home/deploy', 
      managehome   => true, 
  }
  

Validating the syntax

puppet parser validate base.pp

puppet apply --noop base.pp

puppet apply  base.pp

Exercise

Create the following resources

• Create users:

  • tree
  • git
  • ntp
  • wget
  • unzip

• Remove user:

  • dojo

• Manage file:

  • path: /etc/motd
  • Content : "Property of XYZ Inc."

• Service

  • ntp
    • state : started, enabled