Puppet Reporting and Monitoring

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Название:Puppet Reporting and Monitoring

Автор: Michael Duffy

Издательство: PASKT

Год: 2014

Страниц:186

Язык: English

Формат: epub+code

Размер: 5,9 Mb

Create insightful reports for your server infrastructure using Puppe

About This Book

Learn how to prepare and setup Puppet to report on a wealth of data

Develop your own custom plugins and work with report processor systems

Explore compelling ways to utilize and present Puppet data with easy-to-follow examples

Who This Book Is For

If you are a Puppet developer or a system administrator using Puppet, and you want to extend your expertise to manage and optimize your server resources, then this book is for you.

Table of Contents

1: Setting Up Puppet for Reporting

2: Viewing Data in Dashboards

3: Introducing Report Processors

4: Creating Your Own Report Processor

5: Exploring PuppetDB

6: Retrieving Data with the PuppetDB API

7: Writing Custom Reports with PuppetDB

8: Creating Your Own Custom Dashboard

9: Looking Back and Looking Forward

What You Will Learn

Set up Puppet for reporting

Utilize the built-in report processors to report, analyze, and alert

Learn how to find and install custom report processors

Create your own custom report processors

Generate reports using PuppetDB's powerful API

Create feature-rich dashboards using Puppet and Dashing

In Detail

Starting with the very basics of Puppet, Puppet Reporting and Monitoring will guide you through configuring additional reports and creating new, feature-rich reports using the comprehensive Puppet tool. Packed with practical examples and precise instructions, this book is all you need to start exploring Puppet reports.

You will then learn how to create custom reports and finally understand the best way to present and utilize multitudes of data obtained from different servers under management.

You will learn how to use the built-in report processors and will also gain hands-on experience in creating your very own report processors. With this book, you will learn how to optimize its features such as asynchronous data storage and catalog compilation. You will also delve into using open source tools such as Graphite and Dashing to make attractive and informative dashboards quickly and easily.

Authors

Michael Duffy

Michael Duffy is a DevOps engineer living in the charming village of Stoke by Nayland. He lives with his wonderful wife, and has a fantastic daughter and amazing son. Michael has been working as a systems administrator working with developers for over a decade, and is finally grateful that the world of technology is now starting to acknowledge that this is not only a valid way to work, but is actually beneficial. In his career, Michael has worked with clients such as BskyB, O2 Telefonica, Random House, and much more. He is the author of Puppet Reporting and Monitoring by Packt Publishing.

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