Puppet and MariaDB

General information and hints on how to automate MariaDB deployments and configuration with Puppet, an open source tool for deployment, configuration, and operations.

Puppet Overview

Introduction to Puppet's architecture (agent-master vs. standalone), concepts like manifests and catalogs, and how it can be used for configuration management of MariaDB servers.

Deploying Docker Containers with Puppet

A guide to managing Docker container lifecycles using Puppet's docker resource type, covering image pulling, container execution, and upgrades for MariaDB.

Existing Puppet Modules for MariaDB

Lists available Puppet modules for MariaDB from the Puppet Forge and GitHub, noting that while no official module exists, community and generic MySQL modules are often used.

Puppet hiera Configuration System

Explains how to use Hiera, Puppet's hierarchical key/value lookup tool, to separate MariaDB configuration data from code and manage environment-specific settings.

Bolt Examples

Demonstrates how to use Bolt, an orchestration tool in the Puppet ecosystem, to run ad-hoc commands, scripts, and tasks on remote MariaDB servers without a permanent agent.

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