Duplo series, part 2: Puppet agents at work

December 10, 2020 

Here's the next episode in our Duplo visualization series, have a look! This time we put Puppet agents to work.

Featuring:

Puppet agents will retrieve their desired state definition (catalog) from Puppet master for the Puppet environment they're in. Puppet agent reads the catalog:

Puppet agent compares the current state to the catalog and notices a difference! It needs to install a missing software package!

It installs the missing package:

The other agent does the same task: it goes to the Puppet master to retrieve its catalog:

It compares the current state to the catalog and notices that they match: no changes are required.

Both agents are constantly on duty and repeat the status check every 30 minutes.

Awaiting new orders from the Puppet master!

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What on earth is Puppet? Read our article so you'll know that it is a serious matter and has nothing to do with toys and playing

Samuli Seppänen
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