The State of Puppet - Dan Bode

State of the Union

Dan Bode dan@puppetlabsbodepd on <twitter,freenode>

But first:Quick Surveys

PuppetLabs: by the numbers 2013 Statistics 2012 Drift DriftEmployees 55 110Customer Countries 29 42office space 9,000 sq/ft 25,000 sq/ft

Twitter Followers (@puppetlabs)

Puppet 2012

Users ListMembership

IRC Population (#puppet)

Github watcherspuppetlabs/puppet

Another awesome book!

Open PullRequests

Data Separation• Class parameters perform external lookups• No manifest changes needed• Uses Hiera as the back-end

Puppet Module ToolIntegrates with the forge out-of-the-boxShips as a part of core

Ruby 1.9.3 Now fully supported!!!!

Variable ScopeNo more dynamic scope Top ScopeNo more deprecation warningsSimple scoping rules Node Parent Local

Extension improvementsplugins are lazy loaded--pluginsync on by defaultPuppet extensions can be loaded from gems

Performance ImprovementsDaemon mode used to grow and grow...Now, we return memory to the OS after every runPerformance was an emphasis of 2012

PuppetDBperformant back-end replacement for storeconfigswell defined API for extracting data

Semantic VersionsAll projects conform to semantic versioning

Puppet 2013

class containmentintuitive dependency rules for classes within classesMake the anchor pattern unnecessary

resource ordering2.7 introduced deterministic ordering of catalogsbased on some hashing algorithm (not predictable by users)why not default to parse order?

documented APIslots of work for in-code docsspecify public vs. private methods

By the Numbers Jan 2012 Jan 2013 Statistics Drift DriftModules 260 750+Users 930 2000+Daily Downloads 500 2200

2012dedicated teamshows download countsmore visible documentation

2013publishing APIbetter search toolsmore than manifests

Certification http://www.etsy.com/listing/48286873/graduate-finger-puppet

2012Launched Puppet Professional Cert at PuppetConf 110 Puppet professionals! (I’m #28)Launched Beta for Puppet Developer need more test takers!!!

2013Puppet Developer certification should go live!More Puppet certified professionals.get certified today!

Training Text http://www.curriemuseum.ca/site-content/uploads/2011/09/Laura-with-puppet-for-blog.jpg

Training Numbers ~ 3000 students trained

Trainings by Country www.traveltip.or

Current CoursesPuppet FundamentalsAdvanced Puppet

Upcoming CoursesPuppet Fundamentals 2.0Extending Puppet Using RubyRuby Primer for Puppet developmentOnline courses (what is puppet, introduction toforge)

Puppet Educationtraining/cert tracks

Enterprise

2013release management tools* built on puppetdb report storagechange visualizationlooking for user information about changemanagement!

The State of Puppet - Dan Bode

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