PuppetCamp SEA @ Blk 71 - What's New in Puppet DB

What's New in PuppetDB

Nick Lewisnick@puppetlabs.com@nick_lewis

What's Old in PuppetDB?

PuppetDB 1.0

● Open-source data storage service

PuppetDB 1.0

● Open-source data storage service● Replacement for ActiveRecord storeconfigs and

inventory service

PuppetDB 1.0

● Open-source data storage service● Replacement for ActiveRecord storeconfigs and

inventory service● Catalogs and facts

PuppetDB 1.0

● Open-source data storage service● Replacement for ActiveRecord storeconfigs and

inventory service● Catalogs and facts● Focused on performance and correctness

PuppetDB 1.0

● Open-source data storage service● Replacement for ActiveRecord storeconfigs and

inventory service● Catalogs and facts● Focused on performance and correctness

○ Written in Clojure on the JVM

PuppetDB 1.0

● Open-source data storage service● Replacement for ActiveRecord storeconfigs and

inventory service● Catalogs and facts● Focused on performance and correctness

○ Written in Clojure on the JVM○ Backed by PostgreSQL

PuppetDB 1.0

● Open-source data storage service● Replacement for ActiveRecord storeconfigs and

inventory service● Catalogs and facts● Focused on performance and correctness

○ Written in Clojure on the JVM○ Backed by PostgreSQL○ Internal ActiveMQ provides asynchrony

PuppetDB 1.0 data lifecycle

PuppetDB 1.0 data lifecycle

1) Puppet sends facts to PuppetDB

Puppetmaster PuppetDB

Facts

PuppetDB 1.0 data lifecycle

2) Puppet collects resources from PuppetDB

PuppetDBPuppetmaster

Resources

PuppetDB 1.0 data lifecycle

1) Puppet sends catalog to PuppetDB

Puppetmaster PuppetDB

Catalog

PuppetDB 1.0 data lifecycle

4) PuppetDB has all the data!

Puppetmaster PuppetDB

CatalogFactsCatalogFacts

PuppetDB 1.0 data lifecycle

5) Nick gives a talk about how great all that data is

data data data

PuppetDB yay

Nick

PuppetDB 1.0 data lifecycle

6) You get inspired and try to use the data

PuppetDB

CatalogFactsCatalogFacts

You

PuppetDB 1.0 data lifecycle

7) You give up and ask for help

You Internet user

datafactsdata

data?

PuppetDB 1.0 data lifecycle

8) Sorry, what you want is impossible now, maybe later

You Internet user

datafactsdata

February?

PuppetDB 1.0 data lifecycle

A tragedy in eight steps

You Internet user

datafactsdata

February?

PuppetDB probably-1.1-but-maybe-2.0

● Open-source data retrieval service

PuppetDB probably-1.1-but-maybe-2.0

● Query API v2○ Any query you can imagine○ Almost everything is one query○ Regular expressions○ Tested on real users

PuppetDB probably-1.1-but-maybe-2.0

● Storage of reports (experimental)○ Just another Puppet report processor○ Configurable data retention period○ Also queryable, but not as much yet

PuppetDB probably-1.1-but-maybe-2.0

● Storage of reports (experimental)○ Just another Puppet report processor○ Configurable data retention period○ Also queryable, but not as much yet

PuppetDB probably-1.1-but-maybe-2.0

● Exporable, RESTful API○ Data should be fun○ Perfect for answering simple questions○ Great for making charts○ Plays well with jgrep

● links.puppetlabs.com/puppetdb-trello● github.com/puppetlabs/puppetdb

What's coming up?

Nick Lewisnick@puppetlabs.com@nick_lewis

Thank You

Questions?