This article describes the local development environment and workflow that I use for developing and testing multi-system configurations that are managed by Puppet. VMWare Workstation is used to run local Puppet Master and Test Node with ‘/etc/puppet’ on the Master…
Read more → This is a list of useful features provided by the Geppetto IDE. Detachable Editor Windows My development workstation has four monitors and multiple desktops. I want to see editor windows, virtual machine consoles, web browsers to both the local staging and…
Read more → With the release of Geppetto 3.0, I decided to compare this Eclipse-based IDE to my simple but effective Notepad++ approach to authoring Puppet modules. Release 1.0 of Geppetto was too cumbersome and buggy when I last tried this IDE. These…
Read more → It is useful to organize Puppet “infrastructure”, “role”, “data” and “manifests” files that represent the physical, operational and software aspects of a computing system. Infrastructure defines the physical and network characteristics of a server or virtual server, such as its…
Read more → Multiple monitors allow Puppet infrastructure, role, manifests and data files to be viewed side-by-side with different shell windows and file managers. Given the large number of Puppet files and systems, it is incredibly convenient to arrange different windows across multiple…
Read more → Puppet environments such as development, testing and production can be logically organized on different desktops to simplify system configuration management. Environments provide a safe way to develop Puppet-controlled systems. I organize the Puppet development cycle into three such environments: development,…
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