The document discusses the provisioning of AEM 6.1 using Puppet at Liberty Global, detailing the migration from AEM 5.6.1 and the need for over 100 new servers. It emphasizes the benefits of automated provisioning, such as speed, consistency, accuracy, and versatility. The use of Puppet is highlighted for its ease of learning and alignment with the infrastructure department.

1. PROVISIONING AEM WITH PUPPET -
How we’re working at provisioning AEM 6.1 using Puppet at
Liberty Global
Niels Hardeman | Ronald van Eede 31-03-2016

4. ABOUT THE AEM 6.1 MIGRATION
A bit of context to give some sense of the project’s size

5. AEM 6.1 MIGRATION
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○ Coming from AEM 5.6.1
○ Completely rebuilding hosting
○ New servers needed: 100+

6. WHY OPT FOR AUTOMATED PROVISIONING?
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○ Speed, a matter of minutes
○ Consistency, configuration drift
○ Accuracy, human error
○ Versatility, changing many servers with ease

7. WHY OPT FOR PUPPET?
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○ Started out completely agnostic
○ Aligned with infrastructure dept.
○ AEM Module on Puppet Forge
○ Uses a DSL, easy to learn
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Puppet
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9. Lifecycle of a Puppet run
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10. Easy to get started
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Modules
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12. AEM module
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Application Orchestration

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