Getting Started with Puppet Automation - A Comprehensive Guide

The art of automating infrastructure configuration through puppet

Introduction

Puppet is a powerful configuration management tool that helps system administrators automate the provisioning and management of servers. This guide will walk you through setting up Puppet on Debian Bookworm (Debian 12) and explain how to use it effectively for infrastructure automation.

Prerequisites

  • Debian 12 (Bookworm) servers
  • Root or sudo access
  • Static IP addresses for all servers
  • Properly configured hostname and DNS settings
  • Minimum system requirements:
    • 2GB RAM
    • 2 CPU cores
    • 20GB disk space

Architecture Overview

Puppet follows a client-server architecture:

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