Puppet 4: Hiera, the Single Source of Truth
Pluralsight
Course Summary
Hiera allows your code to be abstracted from the implementation. More simply, you can remove much of the logic from your code and let it be replaced with Hiera lookups. This course will teach you how to do just that.
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Course Description
Throughout this series of Puppet 4 courses, the complexity of the NTP module has been building up. Now, you can start to simplify the module by removing components and adding Hiera. In this course, Puppet 4: Hiera, the Single Source of Truth, you'll be refactoring the NTP module to make use of Hiera in replacement of some of the Puppet logic. First, you'll learn how to write YAML files. Next, you'll learn how to configure and test Hiera. Finally, you'll learn the fault-finding Puppet applications. By the end of this course, you'll be able to implement modules using Hiera efficiently and effectively.
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Course Syllabus
Course Overview- 1m 50s
—Course Overview 1m 50sHiera, the Single Source of Truth for Puppet- 14m 40s
—Welcome to Hiera, the Single Source of Truth 3m 32s
—Demonstration: Hiera Lookups Are Enabled 3m 49s
—Course Contents and What's Next 7m 18sGetting Started with Hiera- 19m 31sHiera Configuration- 23m 56sWriting the Data Source- 22m 57sCommand Line Verification- 24m 10sSimple Worked Example and What Goes Wrong- 25m 2sRefactoring the NTP Module for Hiera- 27m 21s
