# Puppet and MariaDB

- [Puppet Overview](/docs/server/server-management/automated-mariadb-deployment-and-administration/automated-mariadb-deployment-and-administration-puppet-and-mariadb/puppet-overview-for-mariadb-users.md): 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](/docs/server/server-management/automated-mariadb-deployment-and-administration/automated-mariadb-deployment-and-administration-puppet-and-mariadb/deploying-docker-containers-with-puppet.md): 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](/docs/server/server-management/automated-mariadb-deployment-and-administration/automated-mariadb-deployment-and-administration-puppet-and-mariadb/existing-puppet-modules-for-mariadb.md): 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](/docs/server/server-management/automated-mariadb-deployment-and-administration/automated-mariadb-deployment-and-administration-puppet-and-mariadb/puppet-hiera-configuration-system.md): 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](/docs/server/server-management/automated-mariadb-deployment-and-administration/automated-mariadb-deployment-and-administration-puppet-and-mariadb/bolt-examples.md): 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.