Hands-on-lab material available for WebLogic provisioning using Puppet !!

Last UKOUG Tech 2013 conference we organized a Super Sunday WebLogic Hackathon session. Part of this session was a hands-on-lab in which attendees could automatically provision WebLogic Server using Puppet. Several people asked if the materials of this lab can be published so they can do the hands-on-lab themselves.

This blog contains links to the materials and a 5 step plan to get you up and running with the lab. Running and using the lab and VMs is of course at your own risk.

Last but not least, credit goes to Simon Haslam, Peter Lorenzen, and Guido Schmutz for organizing and assisting in the WebLogic Hackathon!

From R-L: Simon Haslam, Peter Lorenzen, Guido Schmutz, Ronald van Luttikhuizen

1. Setup

The setup for the lab is shown in the following figure. Read my previous blog for more info.

2. Introduction to middleware provisioning using Puppet and Chef

The following presentation introduces middleware provisioning using Chef and Puppet. It shows where middleware provisioning fits in the entire process of software delivery, and what benefits the automation of provisioning offers. Finally, the presentation introduces the Hands-on-Lab.

WebLogic Hackathon: Introduction to Puppet & Chef from Ronald van Luttikhuizen

3. Download the VMs

The lab uses a separate VM that acts as Puppet Master and another VM that acts as Puppet Agent. When you run the Hands-on-Lab you should at least have the Puppet Master VM running. You can add an arbitrary number of Puppet Agent VMs. The VMs can be run using Oracle VM VirtualBox.

You can download the VMs from the following locations:

• Puppet Master VM
• Puppet Agent VM

4. Follow the lab instructions & enjoy :-)

The following presentation contains a step-by-step tutorial for completing the lab.

WebLogic Hackathon: Automated Provisioning using Puppet from Ronald van Luttikhuizen

5. Want to know more?

I strongly recommend the following book if you want to know more about provisioning and configuration management using Puppet:

Puppet 3 Beginner's Guide from Packt by John Arundel