Interview Questions on Puppet


1. What is attribute ?

Ans: Attribute specify the desired state of a given configuration resource.Each resource type has a
different set of attributes and each attribute has its own set of allowed values.

2. How to invoke the puppet agent software ?

Ans: We can invoke the agent software by running the puppet-agent command.

3. What is the role of puppet agent ?

Ans: A puppet agent regularly performs puppet runs, wherein it sends facts to a puppet master and receives a configuration catalog, then applies the catalog to the local system using its providers.

4. Catalogs are compiled by whom ?

Ans: Catalogs are compiled by a puppet master from manifests and agent-provided data as well as
optional external data.

5. What are the two functions create relationships between classes ?

Ans: require and contain functions


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6. What is the role console in puppet ?

Ans: Puppet enterprise includes a web user interface called the console, which provides tools for
managing your puppet infrastructure.

7. In puppet what is environment ?

Ans: An environment is an isolated group of puppet agent nodes that a puppet master can serve with its own main manifest and set of modules.

8. What is exported resource ?

Ans: An exported resource is a resource that you have declared to be available to other node that can then collect the exported resource and manage their own copies.

9. What is external node classifier ?

Ans: An external node classifier is an executable script that returns information about which classes to apply to a node when called by a puppet master.

10. What is fact ?

Ans: A piece of information about a node, such as its hostname,IP address and operating system, is

a fact.

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