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Definitive Puppet training course description Puppet is a framework and toolset for configuration management. This course covers Puppet to enable delegates to manage configurations. Hands on sessions follow all the major sections. What will you learn Deploy Puppet. Manage configurations with Puppet. Build hosts with Puppet. Produce reports with Puppet. Definitive Puppet training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with Puppet. Prerequisites: Linux fundamentals. Duration 2 days Definitive Puppet training course contents Getting started with Puppet What is Puppet, Selecting the right version of Puppet, Installing Puppet, Configuring Puppet. Developing and deploying Puppet The puppet apply command and modes of operation, Foreground Puppet master, Developing Puppet with Vagrant, Environments, Making changes to the development environment, Testing the new environments with the Puppet agent, Environment branching and merging, Dynamic Puppet environments with Git branches, Summary, Resources. Scaling Puppet Identifying the challenges, Running the Puppet master with Apache and Passenger, Testing the Puppet master in Apache, Load balancing multiple Puppet masters, Scaling further, Load balancing alternatives. Measuring performance, Splay time, Summary, Going further, Resources. Externalizing Puppet configuration External node classification, Storing node configuration in LDAP, Summary, Resources. Exporting and storing configuration Virtual resources, Getting started with exported and stored configurations, Using exported resources, Expiring state resources, Summary, Resources. Puppet consoles The foreman, Puppet enterprise console, Puppetboard, Summary, Resources. Tools and integration Puppet forge and the module tool, Searching and installing a module from the forge, Generating a module, Managing module dependencies, Testing the modules, Developing Puppet modules with Geppetto, Summary, Resources. Reporting with Puppet Getting started, Configuring reporting, Report processors, Custom reporting, Other Puppet reporters, Summary, Resources. Extending Facter and Puppet Writing and distributing custom facts, Developing custom types, providers and functions, Summary, Resources, Complex data structures, Additional backends, Hiera functions in depth, Module data bindings, Hiera examples. Jiera-2, Summary, Resources. Mcollective Installing and configuring Mcollective, testing, Mcollective plugins, accessing hosts with Metadata. Hiera Lists, initial Hiera configuration, Hiera command line utility, complex data structures, additional backends, Hiera functions in depth, module data bindings. Hiera-2.
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Game Developer: Average salary range £30,000 - £60,000 Course Curriculum Section 01: Introduction Course Introduction 00:02:00 Course Curriculum 00:04:00 How to get Pre-requisites 00:02:00 Getting Started on Windows, Linux or Mac 00:01:00 Section 02: Introduction To Python And Setting Up Introduction to Python 00:02:00 Python vs Other Languages 00:04:00 Why It's Popular 00:04:00 Command Line Basics 00:07:00 Python Installation (Step By Step) 00:06:00 PyCharm IDE Installation 00:08:00 Getting Start PyCharm IDE 00:05:00 First Python Hello World Program 00:07:00 Assessment Test1 00:01:00 Solution for Assessment Test1 00:01:00 Summary 00:02:00 Section 03: PythonBasic Introduction 00:02:00 Variables 00:16:00 Data Types 00:13:00 Type Casting 00:07:00 User Inputs 00:08:00 Comments 00:04:00 Assessment Test2 00:01:00 Solution for Assessment Test2 00:02:00 Summary 00:02:00 Section 04: Python Strings Introduction 00:02:00 Strings 00:05:00 String Indexing 00:05:00 String Slicing 00:04:00 String Built-in Functions 00:09:00 Formatting String (Dynamic Data) 00:05:00 Assessment Test 00:01:00 Solution for Assessment Test 00:01:00 Summary 00:01:00 Section 05: Python Operators Introduction 00:03:00 Arithmetic Operators 00:08:00 Assignment Operators 00:05:00 Comparison Operators 00:05:00 Logical Operators 00:02:00 AND Operator 00:04:00 OR Operator 00:02:00 NOT Operator 00:03:00 Booleans 00:02:00 Assessment Test4 00:02:00 Solution for Assessment Test4 00:01:00 Summary 00:01:00 Section 06: Python Sequences Introduction 00:02:00 Arrays in Earlier 00:02:00 Lists 00:06:00 Add List Items 00:03:00 Remove List Items 00:01:00 Sort Lists 00:03:00 Join Lists 00:08:00 Tuples 00:08:00 Update tuples 00:07:00 Join tuples 00:02:00 Dictionaries 00:06:00 Add Dictionary Items 00:04:00 Remove Dictionary Items 00:03:00 Nested Dictionaries 00:04:00 Sets 00:04:00 Add Set Items 00:03:00 Remove Set Items 00:01:00 Join Set Items 00:04:00 Assessment Test 00:01:00 Solution for Assessment Test 00:02:00 Summary 00:01:00 Section 07: Python Statements Introduction 00:03:00 If Statement 00:03:00 If-else Statement 00:04:00 If-elif-else Statement 00:04:00 If Statement Coding Exercise 00:05:00 Assessment Test 00:02:00 Solution for Assessment Test 00:02:00 Summary 00:02:00 Section 08: Python Control Flow Statements Introduction 00:04:00 Flow Charts 00:04:00 While Loops Statement 00:10:00 For Loops Statement 00:06:00 Loop through a String 00:03:00 The Break Statement 00:03:00 The Continue Statement 00:02:00 The range() Function 00:04:00 Nested Loops 00:04:00 2D List using Nested Loop 00:04:00 Assessment Test 00:01:00 Solution for Assessment Test 00:03:00 Summary 00:01:00 Section 09: Python Games For Beginners Introduction 00:01:00 Guessing Game 00:07:00 Car Game 00:10:00 Summary 00:01:00 Section 10: Python Functions Introduction 00:02:00 Creating a Function 00:03:00 Calling a Function 00:06:00 Function with Arguments 00:05:00 args, Arbitrary Arguments 00:04:00 kwargs, Arbitrary Keyword Arguments 00:06:00 Summary 00:01:00 Section 11: Working With File Structure Introduction 00:03:00 Reading Files 00:10:00 Creating / Writing Files 00:06:00 Delete Files 00:03:00 Summary 00:01:00 Section 12: Regular Expressions Introduction 00:02:00 RegEx Module 00:07:00 RegEx Functions 00:08:00 Summary 00:02:00 Section 13: PythonProject Introduction 00:02:00 Project Overview 00:03:00 ATM RealTime Project 00:13:00 Summary 00:01:00
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