1. Getting Started with
Puppet on Windows
Josh Cooper
Principal Software Engineer
Puppet Labs
@coopjn

2. Presented by
What not to do
1 @echo off
2 net stop w32time
3 w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual
/manualpeerlist:"0.pool.ntp.org,1.pool.ntp.org"
4 net start w32time

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Overview
What is Puppet?
Getting started
Effectively managing Windows with Puppet

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What is Puppet?

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#puppetize
registry_value { 'HKLMSystem...W32TimeParametersNtpServer':
ensure => present,
type => array,
data => ['0.pool.ntp.org','1.pool.ntp.org'],
notify => Service['w32time'],
}
service { 'w32time':
ensure => running,
enable => true,
}

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registry_value { 'HKLMSystem...W32TimeParametersNtpServer':
ensure => present,
type => array,
data => ['0.pool.ntp.org','1.pool.ntp.org'],
notify => Service['w32time'],
}

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service { 'w32time':
ensure => running,
enable => true,
}

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Relationships
registry_value { 'HKLMSystem...W32TimeParametersNtpServer':
...
notify => Service['w32time'],
}
service { 'w32time':
...
}

10. Presented by
Getting Started
• Supported Platforms
• Installation
• Applications
• Resources

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Applications
• resource
• apply
• agent

16. Presented by
puppet resource

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packages

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puppet apply

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puppet agent

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Resources
• Core
• Windows Module Pack
• Community Modules
• Tooling

21. Presented by
Core Resources
exec
file
host
user
group
package
service
scheduled_task

22. Presented by
Windows Module Pack
acl
powershell
reboot
registry
sqlserver*
opentable-iis
opentable-windowsfeature
opentable-download_file
https://forge.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs/windows

23. Presented by
Community Modules
https://forge.puppetlabs.com/modules?sort=downloads&q=windows
Paul Stack & Liam Bennett (OpenTable)
Rich Siegel
Marc Sutter

24. Presented by
puppet module
maybe we skip this?

25. Presented by
https://docs.puppetlabs.com/geppetto/latest/

26. Presented by
http://bit.ly/1o9E2EH

27. Presented by
http://lego-technique.blogspot.com/

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Quotes & Interpolation
$taskmgr = 'HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionImage File Execution
Optionstaskmgr.exe'
registry_value { "${taskmgr}Debugger":
ensure => present,
type => string,
data => 'c:sysinternalsprocexp.exe',
require => Package['sysinternals'],
}

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Windows Accounts
group { 'Administrators':
ensure => present,
members => ['Administrator', 'S-1-5-19', 'NT AUTHORITYNetwork Service'],
}

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Case Sensitivity
package { 'javaruntime':
ensure => installed,
provider => chocolatey,
before => Service['jenkinsslave'],
}
service { 'jenkinsslave':
ensure => running,
enable => true,
}

31. Presented by
Why oh Why
Before 3.7
file { 'C:Windowssystem32':
ensure => directory
}
file { 'C:Windowssysnative':
ensure => directory
}
3.7 and up
file { $system32:
ensure => directory
}

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UAC is sort of like sudoish...

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Where’s my data?

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platform { 'windows':
ensure => firstclass
}

35. Presented by
Next Steps
Documentation: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/windows
Training: Puppet Essentials for Windows
Google Groups: puppet-users & puppet-dev
https://ask.puppetlabs.com
https://tickets.puppetlabs.com

36. Do You Speak ?
http://puppetlabs.com/jobs

37. Thank You!
Josh Cooper
josh@puppetlabs.com
@coopjn