Puppet Open Source Automation (3cr)

Objectives (course unit)

As the world is becoming more digital the need to automate IT-infrastructures increases. Puppet provides tools to automate your digital infrastructure, such as scheduling tasks and managing package installations. Target Audience This course is designed to teach basics of Puppet and how to use it in different ways. Learners will learn how to run Puppet, how to download Puppet modules from Puppet Forge, how to develope Puppet modules and how to run tasks with Puppet Bolt. After completing this course, learners have gained experience in automating IT-infrastructures.

Content (course unit)

1. Puppet 2. Puppetdb 3. Puppet Forge 4. Puppet Development Kit 5. Puppet Bolt 6. Source control and Litmus 7. Monitoring 8. Containers and cloud native 9. Managing middleware 10. Final test

Location and time

Course is in Metropolia's Moodle envionment and can be done in own in own space.

Exam schedules

Online.

Assessment methods and criteria

Pass after all of 9 Molules and Final Exam has been done.

Assessment scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Teaching methods

Course is 100% online self-study course which can be done in own space.

Learning materials

Online.

Student workload

It depends on the student's starting level.

Content scheduling

Course includes 9 Molules which have to been done before Final Exam.

Completion alternatives

N/A

Practical training and working life cooperation

N/A

International connections

N/A

Further information

Learners are expected to have the following skills: Basic Linux knowledge Basic programming knowledge