***** PUPPET LABS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER - September 2012 ****** ============================================================ Getting Started With Puppet ============================================================ **PuppetConf is almost here! Great intro talks & unconference sessions. http://bit.ly/QkD227 **NEW DOCS: Puppet Language Reference - Check out ALL the core facts. http://bit.ly/Opg0EG **SLIDES: Beginner's Thoughts on Making Puppet Modules - From David Klann's Puppet Camp Chicago talk. http://slidesha.re/QiF4fe **MODULE: Manage the Windows Registry - For the win! http://bit.ly/TqvLyN **PuppetConf Preview: Getting Started with Contributing to Puppet and Facter - Read up on one of our talks! http://bit.ly/OpmhAn **Using Puppet with Cloud Services: Get started with configuration management in the cloud with this post from Rackspace. http://bit.ly/RDdsWU
============================================================ Puppet Master Power-Ups ============================================================ **Puppet Integrates with VMware vFabric Application Director: Watch the video for more information. http://bit.ly/Q6IHqx **MCollective Async Result Handling: Read the whole series on MCollective 2.0+. http://bit.ly/Q6IR19 **SLIDES: Managing an Army of Laptops with Puppet - Learn how GitHub does it. http://bit.ly/OWwDqB **Be among the first to get Puppet Certified - Tickets still available for free certification testing at PuppetConf. http://bit.ly/OTHk0n **Free Practice Exam for Puppet Certification - Practice the test before you take it. http://bit.ly/ROES8r ============================================================ Graphic of the Month ============================================================ **PuppetConf is September 27–28 in San Francisco. Don't miss out on the Operations conference of the year—and use discount code "NEWSLETTER150" through Friday for a $150 discount! http://bit.ly/QkD227 ============================================================ DevOps In Action ============================================================ **BMC DevOps Leadership Series: Puppet Labs' James Turnbull - "Configuration management, and automation generally, is kind of key to DevOps." http://bit.ly/ORUERa **DEVOPS answers business needs: "At the intersection of Development and Operations is a genetically embedded business agenda that begins with some issue, followed by a root cause analysis, and the production of an answer or solution." http://bit.ly/Q6JJCX ============================================================ Puppet Community ============================================================ **Want to get involved in improving Puppet products? Become a Puppet Test Pilot - Sign up to preview new features, vent about current ones, and help Puppet solve the right problems. http://bit.ly/NegsbJ **CASE STUDY: Server Density Selects Puppet Labs to Successfully Grow Server Monitoring Infrastructure - Learn how Server Density scaled it's infrastructure with Puppet Enterprise. http://bit.ly/Q0lokJ **Enter the First Module Bounty—Submissions Close Sept. 10 - Finish your Riak, Graphite, and Logstash modules in tip-top shape! http://bit.ly/OpisLv **PuppetConf Preview: “Test-driving Operations” & “Operations Anti-Patterns” - "Check, double check, sober up, then check again, before making any major DNS changes." http://bit.ly/RGgCJv ============================================================ Puppet In The News ============================================================ **ZDNet: The truth about Goobuntu: Google's in-house desktop Ubuntu Linux - "This gives the Google desktop management team the power to quickly control and manage their PCs." http://zd.net/N1oLHC **Puppet Enterprise: "Best of VMworld 2012" Finalist - Not the only award we brought home. http://bit.ly/NUET9M **ZDNet: 5 OSS Up and Comers to Watch - Guess which one is listed as "key starting point for the implementation of DevOps. http://zd.net/OWZiLd **Red Hat Releases Open Source OpenStack Cloud Preview...with the help of OpenStack modules. http://bit.ly/PRJZDu ============================================================ In Case You Missed It ============================================================ **VIDEO: Get a graph of your Puppet resources - Short video answers to your questions. http://bit.ly/TqGrh4 **OpenStack at PuppetConf: Tim Bell of CERN to Keynote - Catch CERN, Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, and MorphLabs talking about OpenStack at PuppetConf. http://bit.ly/PAMo7D **CASE STUDY: Spiceworks Selects Puppet over Chef - Learn more about automating the deployment of new nodes. http://bit.ly/OT2vfH ============================================================ Upcoming Puppet Camps ============================================================ **Nuremberg - October 19: http://bit.ly/Nej4Cq more: http://bit.ly/NbsnI9 ============================================================ Upcoming Events ============================================================ **Weekly tech webinars - Tue, 11 AM PT: http://bit.ly/NVIRPx **VMUG Sweden - Razor and Puppet - Sept 14, Solna, Sweden: http://bit.ly/TnmDNb **PuppetConf - September 27–28, San Francisco, CA: http://bit.ly/QkD227 **Ohio Linux Fest - Beginning Puppet Training - Sep 28, 9 am, Columbus, OH: http://bit.ly/Tnn1LF **Ohio Linux Fest - Advanced Puppet Training - Sep 28, 1 pm, Columbus, OH: http://bit.ly/NeMaWd **Come see us at InterOp! - Oct 1–5, New York, NY: http://bit.ly/NVJI2I ============================================================ Upcoming Trainings ============================================================ **London - Tue, Sep 18 - Thu, Sep 20: http://bit.ly/NgRMym **Washington DC - Tue, Sep 18 - Thu, Sep 20: http://bit.ly/RpMr4S **San Francisco - FREE ticket to PuppetConf - Mon, Sept 24 - Wed, Sept 26: http://bit.ly/NMS63E **San Jose - FREE ticket to PuppetConf - Mon, Sept 24 - Wed, Sept 26: http://bit.ly/OOgSCk **San Jose Developer - FREE ticket to PuppetConf - Mon, Sept 24 - Wed, Sept 26: http://bit.ly/ReLrGb **Kuala Lumpur - Mon, Sept 24 - Wed, Sept 26: http://bit.ly/QK1cUb **Los Angeles, CA - Tue, Oct 2 - Thu, Oct 4: http://bit.ly/RpMLR5 **Amsterdam - Wed, Oct 3 - Fri, Oct 5: http://bit.ly/QfULEo **Boston - Tue, Oct 9 - Thu, Oct 11: http://bit.ly/NVKPPQ more: http://bit.ly/RDRYu2 ============================================================ Module of the Week ============================================================ **inkling/postgresql http://bit.ly/OXWFK5 **eucalyptus/eucalyptus http://bit.ly/QfVCF4 **stahnma/epel http://bit.ly/QiSxE3 The Puppet Forge: http://bit.ly/Ts9nVT ============================================================ New Jobs ============================================================ We're hiring: http://bit.ly/Q2stBk ============================================================ User Groups ============================================================ **Silicon Valley: http://bit.ly/xhdN0N **Los Angeles: http://bit.ly/wMqGvX **New York City: http://bit.ly/z63G5c **Seattle: http://bit.ly/xMAEOf **Atlanta: http://bit.ly/yZnp5s **Chicago: http://bit.ly/P8aXMt **Switzerland: http://bit.ly/xlgn7k **Italy: http://on.fb.me/ApbxCX **Brazil: http://bit.ly/JFByMJ **China: http://bit.ly/LMdpTO ============================================================ Connect With Us ============================================================ **Puppet Enterprise users list: http://bit.ly/wx6LR3 **Puppet users list: http://bit.ly/soRZrR **Puppet dev list: http://bit.ly/uYhbZ5 ...or contact us directly: http://bit.ly/Q7sdhQ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. 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