“I would like to start using a configuration management tool like Puppet, but I don’t know how my system is configured!” In the era before configuration management tools, most systems would be built by hand. Command by command the system would be configured. If the sysadmin would spot a problem, he would fix it immediately. Change after change, this process would continue. Resulting in a running system but with a configuration that’s is not fully known and definitely not repeatable. In this blog article, we are going to show you how Puppet can not only manage your configuration, but also help you to get to know all the details of your configuration.
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