Speaker
Mr
Charl Möller
(University of Stellenbosch)
Description
In this workshop we will install and configure Puppet 5, a configuration management system, to manage our compute cluster.
We will install and configure the Puppet server, PuppetDB database, a Puppet agent and multiple modules from the Puppet Forge. Best practises will be implemented, including using Hiera and saving configurations to Git.
The workshop will be hands-on. Please ensure you have a working installation of Hyper-V, VMware (Workstation or Player) or VirtualBox. Copies of the VMDK/VHDX files will be provided.
HPC content
All nodes in a compute cluster should conform to a common standard in order to be useful. With a configuration management system, we can ensure conformity and eliminate common errors which impede effective computing.
Primary author
Mr
Charl Möller
(University of Stellenbosch)
