Boxen-puppetconf - Speaker Deck

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Setup the

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managing an army of laptops ...with puppet

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hi, my name is will farrington

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but you might know me as @wfarr  

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i work at a “little-known startup” called github

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i have “the best job in the world” at github

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I work on System operations System operations internal apps the setup

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love ops? come work with us puppet, erlang, ruby, shell, c and all the graphs you can shake a stick at

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why

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oh man, this new macbook pro is sweet! let me run a bunch of stuff by hand so I can get some work done in about 6 to 8 hours, maybe. - some folks

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oh man, this new macbook pro is sweet! let me run a bunch of stuff by hand so I can get some work done in about 6 to 8 hours, maybe. - a bunch of crazy folks

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i thought we cared about stuff

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testing

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repeatability

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Automation

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they matter for our software

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they matter for our servers

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but not for our laptops

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ಠ_ಠ

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what

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Setup the

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Setup the

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boxen

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a living, breathing software project that tests and automates every little bit of your machine with love

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@jbarnette

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chrome, colloquy, dropbox, elasticsearch, emacs, erlang, git, homebrew, hub, iterm2, java, macvim, memcache, mongodb, mysql, nginx, nodejs, nvm, 1passwd, personalization, postgresql, projects, python, qt, rbenv, rdio, redis, ruby, solr, sparrow, textmate, virtualbox, viscosity, wget, xcode, xquartz, zeromq, zsh, and more daily.

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hours of frustration getting github.com and other projects even working locally

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reality

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The Command Line Interface

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» boxen --projects * github (as in .com)

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github » script/bootstrap github » script/server github » open github.dev # SHIPPING!

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» boxen slumlord # welcome to boomtown

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» boxen --stealth # YOLO mode

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» boxen --profile # Spock mode

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boxen is a stdlib for puppet

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 boxen is a stdlib for puppet

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class github::projects::octostatus { require redis ... }

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class github::projects::octostatus { ... $dir = "${github::config::srcdir}/ octostatus" ... }

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class github::projects::octostatus { ... git::repo { $dir: source => 'github/octostatus' } ... }

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class github::projects::octostatus { ... ruby::local { $dir: version => '1.9.3-p194', require => Git::Repo[$dir] } }

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I like doing things my way

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I like doing things my way

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class github::people::hubot { include github::projects::all }

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class github::people::keavy { include gitx include onepassword include sizeup include sparrow include textmate }

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class github::people::yossef { package { 'Alfred': provider => 'appdmg', source => $alfred_dmg_url; } }

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class github::people::yossef { package { 'Mailplane': provider => 'compressed_app', source => 'http://somewhere/app.zip' } }

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class github::people::wfarr { git::config::global { 'alias.st': value => 'status'; 'alias.ci': value => 'commit'; } }

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class github::people::wfarr { file { '/Users/wfarr/.gitignore': ensure => present, content => '.DS_STORE' } }

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class github::people::wfarr { package { 'emacs': } git::repo { '/Users/wfarr/.emacs.d': source => 'wfarr/.emacs.d', submodules => true } }

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class github::people::wfarr { package { 'emacs': } git::repo { '/Users/wfarr/.emacs.d': source => 'wfarr/.emacs.d', submodules => true } }

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class github::people::wfarr { osx_defaults { 'troll protection': ensure => present, domain => 'com.apple.screensaver', key => 'askForPassword', value => 1, user => 'wfarr' } }

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lessons

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puppeteer supportocat

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people will do crazy things

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it is your job to fix it if it breaks

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no matter what it is your job to fix it if it breaks

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developers and designers are really good at breaking things

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people will not report “minor” problems

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people will barely report “major” problems

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not having to report bugs makes people happy

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getting regular bug reports makes us happy

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users getting github notifications that the bug they hit and never even reported is already fixed

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reduce potential for bugs by vendoring everything

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» du -sh /opt/boxen 4.1G /opt/boxen

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there’s

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» env | grep BOXEN_ \ | wc -l 24

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» env | grep \ BOXEN_REDIS_PORT BOXEN_REDIS_PORT=16379

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» env | grep \ BOXEN_MYSQL_PORT BOXEN_MYSQL_PORT=13306

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people will never remember to update regularly

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tell people when they should update

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=> Installing qt...

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=> Fetching snapshot... => Installing qt...

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=> Fetching snapshot... => Installing ruby-1.9.3...

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=> Fetching snapshot... => Installing node-0.6.8...

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puppet defined types are slow

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start with puppet-defined types

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then rewrite in ruby

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we don't have the ability to mandate environments

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we don't want to mandate environments

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we have to provide something dramatically better than just doing it yourself

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we have to provide something dramatically EASIER than just doing it yourself

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prim donn

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boxen is not a tool for administration

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boxen does not want to be a tool for administration

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boxen is a tool for people who want to get stuff done, sanely

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boxen has goals

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user-extensible

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framework

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stable

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easy to use

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documented to kingdom come

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not a maintenance nightmare

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zomg GIMME

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you don’t get it just yet =(

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we are working hard to open source it

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the goal was to OSS today

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but some mes things come up

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really

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private “early access” for “friends and family” next next week

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more testers == more ﬁxes == everyone gets it sooner

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how much is ge ng opened up exactly?

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boxen-core boxen-web boxen-mac

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TONS of providers, types, and more to contribute BACK to puppet proper

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oh, and it runs on Puppet 3.0

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boxen

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questions

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thanks

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speakerdeck.com/u/ wfarr/p/boxen

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drinkup @ Zekes 8:30pm