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HowtoForge: Configuration Automation & Centralized Management With Puppet on Ubuntu

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“This is a step by step tutorial on how to install the server
component of Puppet (puppetmaster) on one machine, and the Puppet
client (puppetd) on another. We then perform a simple test to make
sure Puppet is working properly.

“If you’re not familiar with Puppet, it’s a configuration
automation tool that allows you to centralize management of the
various *nix flavors running on your network. Puppet supports
central management of the important aspects of your systems, such
as: files, packages, users, services, cron, mounts, etc…”

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