Puppet Client: Puppet 4 and Beyond

1. Puppet Client
Kylo Ginsberg
@kylog
irc: kylo
kylo@puppetlabs.com
Puppet 4 and Beyond

2. Puppet 4

3. All-in-one agent
Path changes
URL changes
Puppet language

4. All-in-one agent

5. puppet-agent package
• puppet
• facter
• native facter
• hiera
• mcollective
• ruby
• … and dependencies

6. puppet-agent versioning
• Not tied directly to puppet versions
• E.g. version 1.0.0 will include:
• puppet 4.0.0
• facter 2.4.0
• ruby 2.1.5
• …
• Component bumps major: puppet-agent bumps
major

7. Why all-in-one?
One package: easier on-ramp for new users
Everyone benefits from latest ruby
Reduces the test matrix, reduces support questions
Open source puppet and PE use the same package

8. Path changes

9. Top-level directory
name changes
/etc/puppetlabs
~/.puppetlabs

10. Separate code and config
/etc/puppetlabs/agent/code
manifests
modules
environments
hieradata
hiera.yaml
/etc/puppetlabs/agent/config
puppet.conf
device.conf
…

11. URL changes

12. Versioned and
Namespaced URLs
Puppet 3:
/production/catalog/my_node
/production/certificate/my_node
Puppet 4:
/puppet/v3/catalog/my_node?environment=production
/puppet-ca/v1/certificate/my_node?environment=production

13. Compatibility
Puppet 4 is not backwards compatible on the network
with Puppet 3.
puppet-server 2.0.0 package depends on puppet-agent
1.0.0 package.

14. Puppet 4:
the Puppet
language

15. From reference
implementation to
language specification

16. puppetlabs/puppet-specifications

17. Optional types

19. Iteration and lambdas

22. Test in Puppet 3.7.4
Default in Puppet 4.0
puppet apply —parser=future
puppet apply

24. puppet-on-the-edge.blogspot.com

25. After Puppet 4

26. Going Native
Facter 3
Tiered Providers

27. Going native

30. Does your programming
language run on AIX?

31. Does your programming
language run on hardware
switches?

32. Performance
Memory usage
Installed footprint
Dependencies

33. Native puppet agent …

34. Facter 3

38. Tiered Providers

39. The sad story of nagios

40. Extract “tier 2” types and
providers as modules
• Developed and released
independently
• Packaged with puppet-agent for a
“batteries included” experience

41. Get Involved!

42. Gareth Rushgrove
puppetlabs.com/download-learning-vm

43. puppetlabs.com/community/participate

44. Test pilots logo
Gareth Rushgrove

45. Questions?
And thanks for listening