Beginning Puppet teaches Linux, Unix and even Windows system admins like you how to learn, use and deploy the new Puppet 3.0 in your environment. Puppet is the fastest growing and most powerful configuration management system on the planet. This book will summarize what you need to know at a top level, then dive right into learn-by-example Puppet coding. We'll examine real world deployment scenarios and best practices, and get to use newer Puppet features such as Hiera and puppetdb. * You'll learning about using Puppet with developer tools like Git and other external resources * You'll see examples of Puppet usage for Linux, Unix, and even Windows * You'll see real-world examples that you can put to work right away