Ryan's PuppetConf Picks

tuesday.txt

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11:10am - 11:50am
Getting Started with Puppet - Michael Stahnke, Puppet Labs - http://sched.co/1kR7leZ
Writing and Publishing Puppet Modules - Colleen Murphy, Puppet Labs - http://sched.co/1kR50kp
Workshop: R10K - Zack Smith, Puppet Labs & Adrien Thebo, Puppet Labs - http://sched.co/1hiuqcx

Mike always gives great talks for beginners. Send your friends. Colleen shouldn't be missed if you want to improve as a module writer. If production depoloyments are your challenge, get to Adrien and Zack's workshop!


12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch!
Puppet Education & Certification Table - http://sched.co/1zx9L9G
Puppet Demo: Using Puppet Enterprise in Private and Public Clouds - http://sched.co/1piqadw

Our education team is doing a ton lately to help you and your team get more out of Puppet. Say hello. Or, see what we're up to with Google Compute Engine. 


1:30pm - 2:10pm
Cloudy with a Chance of Fireballs: Provisioning and Certificate Management in Puppet - Eric Sorenson, Puppet Labs - http://sched.co/1iWKFZ0
Workshop: Doing the Refactor Dance - Making Your Puppet Modules More Modular - Gary Larizza, Puppet Labs - http://sched.co/1l4nqiL

Having written a cert autosigner, I can't say I'll ever go back. It's not button push but Eric makes it look easy. Or, grab a dance partner and make your modules more modular with the entertaining Gary Larizza. 


2:20pm - 3:00pm
Beaker: Automated, Cloud-Based Acceptance Testing - Alice Nodelman, Puppet Labs - http://sched.co/1kR2jPR
Absolute Beginners Guide to Puppet Through Types - Igor Galić, Brainsware OG - http://sched.co/1kR57MI
Design Jam: Design Your Deployment Tool - Melinda Campbell & Ryan Coleman, Puppet Labs - http://sched.co/1rOcSc1

Really tough picks in this timeslot but Alice is THE Beaker person at Puppet Labs. Igor is fighting the good fight, encouraging people to try their hand at custom types. Meanwhile, Melinda and I design jam Puppet deployments. 


3:10pm - 3:50pm
Test-Driven Puppet Development - Nan Liu, Bodeco - http://sched.co/1kR5jeV
Workshop: Git and Code Organization for Managing Your Puppet Code - Terri Haber, Puppet Labs - http://sched.co/1nwrtol

Nan is another great pick for module testing, doing it well before it was cool. Terri's workshop will leave you with a functional and productive code writing environment if that's more your speed.


4:20pm - 5:00pm
A Practical Guide to Modules - Lauren Rother, Puppet Labs & Morgan Haskel, Puppet Labs - http://sched.co/1kR4W42
Leveraging the PuppetDB API: Puppetboard - Daniele Sluijters, Nedap - http://sched.co/1kR7z5K
Workshop: Monitoring with Exported Resources - Derrick Dymock, Puppet Labs - http://sched.co/1ka7tD8

Lauren and Morgan will help you start that next module the right way. Daniele is a huge community contributor and does a lot of great stuff with PuppetDB. Derrick is in charge of Forge operations, annoys me with Nagios alerts but manages them expertly. :)


5:10pm - 5:50pm
How to Puppetize Google Cloud Platform - Katharina Probst, Google, Matt Bookman, Google & Ryan Coleman, Puppet Labs - http://sched.co/1kHNEUs
Killer R10K Workflow - Phil Zimmerman, Time Warner Cable - http://sched.co/1l7p0QO
Workshop: Running a Successful Puppet User Group - Kara Sowles, Puppet Labs - http://sched.co/1kHJUlG

Competition in this timeslot is simply unfair. Google is building an amazing cloud and they're here to talk about it. I'll add a few words on our gce_compute module. I'm really excited about Phil's talk but will have to catch it later. If you've always wanted to run a user group, Kara will make it simple!