Puppet

Puppet is a configuration management tool for describing and enforcing desired system state.

Why It Matters

• It is useful when configuration drift needs to be controlled centrally.
• It models system state declaratively.
• It has a strong concept of resources, classes, and modules.

Core Pages

• Puppet concepts
• Puppet commands

Practical Notes

• Use modules for reuse.
• Keep manifests declarative and small.
• Prefer explicit resource declarations over shell scripting when possible.