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Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of how-to/puppet

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 = Puppet =
 May First/People Link uses [http://www.puppetlabs.com/ puppet] to manage our network of servers. With puppet, we describe how our servers should be configured in an easy to read and maintain way and puppet ensures that all of our servers implement the configuration we describe. Using puppet, we can easily setup new servers and ensure that our existing servers are all configured in standard and predictable way.
+May First/People Link uses [http://www.puppetlabs.com/ puppet] to manage our network of servers.
+puppet has a steep learning curve. This page provides links to all MF/PL documentation on our puppet setup
+With puppet, we can write a collection of puppet configuration files (aka manifests), including specific instructions for each server in our network. puppet runs on each server, reads the configuration files, develops a catalog of all instructions intended for the server on which it is running, and then it executes that catalog, applying all the directions.
 == checking out the code ==