Preface

Puppet is possibly the fastest growing configuration management tool on the planet, and this is in no small part due to its combination of power and accessibility. From small five-node installations through to hugely complex cloud infrastructures that number thousands of nodes, Puppet has proven its ability to deliver on the promise of infrastructure as code. There have been a number of titles that cover its ability to create idempotent resources, manage services, and ensure that systems are configured correctly and maintained with little or no effort. Yet, none of these titles spend more than a chapter discussing its reporting features.

This is a shame; Puppet's reporting capability is one of its most overlooked yet powerful features. ...

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