[BALUG-Talk] Linux Users' Group of Davis, Configuration Management with Puppet: Present and Future

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The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding the following meeting:

  Monday
  April 18, 2016
  7:00pm - 9:00pm

Presentation:
  "Configuration Management with Puppet: Present and Future"
  presented by Greg Larkin, Puppet Labs

    In this talk, Greg Larkin, an engineer with Puppet Labs, will discuss
    some of the historical issues with system management, how Puppet
    works, how it fits into current types of infrastructure deployments
    and what some of its enterprise features are.  The talk will touch
    on high-level concepts as well as show some code and how it enforces
    node configurations.  The talk will also cover new Puppet developments
    that were recently announced during PuppetConf 2015.

About Puppet:

  Puppet is an open-source configuration management tool.  It runs on
  many Unix-like systems as well as on Microsoft Windows, and includes
  its own declarative language to describe system configuration.

  Puppet is produced by Puppet Labs.  It is written in Ruby and released
  as free software -- under the GNU General Public License (GPL) until
  version 2.7.0, and the Apache License 2.0 after that.

About the Speaker:

  Greg Larkin is a Professional Services Engineer at Puppet Labs.
  He has worked as a software developer since the 1980s.  In the mid-90s,
  acting as a self-employed software development consultant, he became
  involved with many teams of geographically-distributed independent
  consultants, and began setting up source code control repositories for
  these teams.  Out of this, SourceHosting.net, the first Internet-based
  hosted source code repository service, was born.

  After discovering Puppet in 2012, Greg launched Devopsify IT!, a
  consulting business focused on assisting and mentoring clients with
  their first steps towards a more automated and reliable deployment
  architecture.

About Puppet Labs:

  Founded by Luke Kanies in 2005, Puppet Labs is the leader in IT
  automation.  Their software helps sysadmins automate configuration
  and management of machines and the software running on them.
  With their software, businesses can make rapid, repeatable changes
  and automatically enforce the consistency of systems and devices,
  across physical and virtual machines, on-premises or in the cloud.

  Tens of thousands of the world's leading companies (including Bank
  of America, Cisco, the New York Stock Exchange, and salesforce.com)
  use Puppet to manage millions of machines and devices.

  Based in Portland, Oregon, Puppet Labs employs more than 400 people.


This meeting will be held at:

  Explorit
  3141 5th Street
  Davis, CA 95616

For more details on this meeting, visit:

  http://www.lugod.org/meeting/upcoming/

For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit:

  http://www.lugod.org/meeting/explorit/


Flyer:

  If you'd like to print and post flyers to help advertise this
  event, you can download a PDF from:

  http://lugod.org/documents/flyers/


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About LUGOD:
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  The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization
  dedicated to the Linux computer operating system and other Open Source
  and Free Software.

  Since 1999, LUGOD has held regular meetings with guest speakers
  in Davis, California, as well as other events in Davis and the greater
  Sacramento region.  Events are always free and open to the public.

  You can 'like' LUGOD on Facebook at:
  https://www.facebook.com/LinuxUsersGroupOfDavis
  join the LUGOD group on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lugod/
  and find us on LinkedIn at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=35879

  Please visit our website for more details:  http://www.lugod.org/


-- 
Bill Kendrick
pr@lugod.org
Public Relations Officer
Linux Users' Group of Davis
http://www.lugod.org/

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