Prathapan

Hi, My name is Pirathapan Sivalingam. Currently enrolled in 6th semester.

My IRC nick is Prathapan.

What else, Finished my CCNP certification and Going take CCVP in few months, then hoping to get CCIE.

Puppet

What is puppet?

It is an automated system configuration tools.

Makes administrative task easy

It supports linux, unix and windows

Puppet includes

Puppet master: It is the a centralized system that has the configuration of other clients

Puppet client

how puppet works

Configuration (manifest) in done in the puppet master.

Puppet master then it passes the manifest to the client.

Puppet client applies the configuration

Puppet client sends the report to the puppet master

puppet waits for next 30 min by default for next run

All communication is done through SSL connection