The document outlines Puppet's application orchestration capabilities with Windows, detailing enhancements in the 2016.4 release, including new features for managing environments and code deployments. It discusses the use of tools like Puppet Code Manager and the setup process for managing applications, specifically an ASP.NET MVC app. Additionally, it highlights resources for further exploration of orchestration workflows and demos.

1. Puppet Application
Orchestration with Windows
Ethan Brown, Principal Engineer, Puppet
Iristyle
ethanjbrown
Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows

2. Core Agent / Types and Providers
Ecosystem Integrations – PS, DSC
Azure Extensions and Images
Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows

3. Agenda
(Really) Brief v1 Recap
2016.4 Orchestration Enhancements
Code Manager
Concept Application
Demo
3Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows

4. Orchestration v1 Recap
Initial 2015.3 Release
4

5. Orchestration v1 Recap
Language Additions Services / Tooling
Framework for describing applications
Tools for applying ordered configuration spanning nodes
5Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows

6. 2016.4 Enhancements
It’s All About Control
6

7. 2016.4 New Features
Direct Puppet PE Client Tools
OSX + Windows
Arbitrary Nodes
(PQL Support)
Manage Puppet without the PE console
Expressly Dictate Change
7Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows

8. Code Manager
Managing and Deploying Environments
8

9. Conceptual Code Promotion Workflow
Commit Code
Branch Per
Environment
Deploy / Sync Code Enforce Code
Deterministically
Or
Eventually
9Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows

10. A Bit of Advice
Let Code Manager manage code
10Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows

11. Puppetfile
Module dependencies
11

12. Let’s Talk About Apps
Yes, it’s an ASP.NET MVC app running under IIS.
Please bear with me.
12

13. Pushing the Envelope
8 VMS running under Vagrant 1.8.1 / VirtualBox 5.0.x on a 16GB MBP
Oscar plugin for managing PE installs
https://github.com/Iristyle/puppetconf2016
13Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows

14. Prep The 2016.4.0 Master
Enable Code
Manager
code_manager_auto_configure
Create RBAC user
rbac-api/v1/users
Point Code Manager
To Internal Git Repo
master::r10k_remote
Pointed to HTTP repo
Vagrant Setup
14Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows

15. Prep The Release Binaries
NuGet Packages
App asset packaging
format, parameterized
for Choco
ASP.NET MVC App
Typical MVC app built
with Visual Studio 15
Chocolatey Server
“Simple Server”
deployed with Puppet
Build Server
Not in demo, but
typically assets
produced by Jenkins /
TFS / TeamCity
A simulated release pipeline
15Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows

16. Choco Package Install Script
16Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows

17. Windows 10 Server
Generate token
Install PE tools
Config PE tools
puppet-access CLI
Host Control Repo Choco push
Stage app 0.0.1
Deploy Code
Puppet-code CLI
Standalone node not under Puppet control
17Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows

18. Puppet Job Run
No applications defined
Nodeset specified with –nodes
5 nodes updated over 2.5 minutes
18

19. Clustered Blue Green Deployment
19Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows
v1
v2
LB

20. Live Demo
The Main Event
20

21. Additional Resources
Orchestration Workflow Docs - https://docs.puppet.com/pe/latest/
app_orchestration_workflow.html
Wordpress App Demo - https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-wordpress_app
App Modeling Module - https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/app_modeling
Puppet Control Repo - https://github.com/puppetlabs/control-repo
RG Bank Demo – Docker + Orchestration -
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-rgbank
21Puppet Application Orchestration with Windows

22. Thanks!
(Special thanks to Charlie and Alex!)
22