Index

A

• aggregate-event-counts endpoint
  • using / Applying the aggregate-event-counts endpoint
  • URL, for documentation / Applying the aggregate-event-counts endpoint
  • about / Creating new jobs in Dashing
• alerts
  • creating, report processor used / Producing alerts
  • creating, Nagios used / Using Nagios
  • Icinga, discovering / Discovering Icinga and Shinken
  • Shinken, discovering / Discovering Icinga and Shinken
• assets directory
  • about / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout
• Atlassian JIRA
  • about / Raising issues with JIRA
• audit metaparameter
  • about / Compliance monitoring with Puppet

B

• basic query application
  • creating / Creating a basic query application
  • setting up / Setting up the basic application
  • connecting, to PuppetDB / Connecting to PuppetDB
  • results, extracting / Outputting results
• Boundary
  • URL / Rediscovering dashboards
• built-in report processors
  • utilizing / Utilizing the built-in report processors
  • reports, storing with store report processor / Storing reports with the store report processor
  • log files, adding with log report processor / Adding to logfiles with the log report processor
  • graphing, with rrdgraph report processor / Graphing with the rrdgraph processor
  • tagmail report processor / The tagmail report processor
  • reports, sending with HTTP report processor / Sending reports with the HTTP report processor
  • PuppetDB report processor / The PuppetDB report processor
  • third-party report processors, exploring / Exploring the power of third-party plugins

C

• catalogs endpoint
  • using / Getting the run details with the catalogs endpoint
• catalog wire format
  • URL, for documentation / Getting the run details with the catalogs endpoint
• choice function
  • about / Setting up the UI
• collectd
  • URL / Analyzing metrics with StatsD, Graphite, and Etsy Skyline
  • about / Analyzing metrics with StatsD, Graphite, and Etsy Skyline
• command interface
  • about / Understanding the command interface
  • replace catalog function / Understanding the command interface
  • replace facts function / Understanding the command interface
  • store report function / Understanding the command interface
  • deactivate node function / Understanding the command interface
• command_line_reporter gem
  • about / Outputting results
• compliance monitoring
  • with Puppet / Compliance monitoring with Puppet
• createdb command / Creating the PostgreSQL database
• createuser command / Creating your database user

D

• dashboard
  • advantages / Why use a dashboard?
  • creating / Creating our dashboard
  • layout, creating / Creating our dashboard layout
  • trends, adding / Adding trends
  • meters, adding / Adding meters
  • rediscovering / Rediscovering dashboards
• dashboards directory
  • about / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout
• Dashing
  • about / Exploring Dashing
  • overview / Exploring Dashing
  • URL, for downloading / Exploring Dashing
  • reference link / Exploring Dashing
  • installing / Setting up Dashing
  • puppetdash directory / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout
  • executing / Running Dashing
  • data, feeding / Feeding data into Dashing
  • jobs, creating / Creating new jobs in Dashing
• dashing start command / Creating our dashboard layout
• data
  • feeding, into Dashing / Feeding data into Dashing
• data-col tag / Creating our dashboard layout
• data-id tag / Creating our dashboard layout
• data-row tag / Creating our dashboard layout
• data-title tag / Creating our dashboard layout
• data-view tag / Creating our dashboard layout
• deactivate node function
  • about / Understanding the command interface

E

• .erb file
  • about / Adding meters
• e-mail alert
  • creating / Alerting with e-mail and Puppet
• endpoints
  • about / Exploring endpoints
  • facts endpoint, using / Using the facts endpoint
  • resources endpoint, using / Using the resources endpoint
  • nodes endpoint / Retrieving details about nodes
  • catalogs endpoint, using / Getting the run details with the catalogs endpoint
  • fact-names endpoint, using / Understanding the fact-names endpoint
  • metrics endpoint, using / Knowing the status of PuppetDB with the metrics endpoint
  • reports endpoint, using / Using the reports endpoint
  • events endpoint, using / Working with the events endpoint
  • event-counts endpoint, using / Using the event-counts endpoint
  • aggregate-event-counts endpoint, using / Applying the aggregate-event-counts endpoint
  • server-time endpoint, using / Using the server-time endpoint
  • version endpoint, using / The version endpoint
• Etsy Skyline
  • used, for analysing metrics / Analyzing metrics with StatsD, Graphite, and Etsy Skyline
  • using / Using Etsy Skyline to find your normal
• event-counts endpoint
  • using / Using the event-counts endpoint
  • URL, for documentation / Using the event-counts endpoint
  • about / Fetching the event counts
• event counts
  • fetching / Fetching the event counts
• Event Inspector
  • about / Event Inspector
• events
  • adding, to MySQL / Adding metrics and events to MySQL
• events data
  • presenting / Presenting the events data
• events endpoint
  • using / Working with the events endpoint
  • URL, for documentation / Working with the events endpoint
  • about / Presenting the events data
• External Node Classifiers (ENC)
  • about / Exploring Dashing
• External Node Classifiers (ENCs)
  • about / Why use a dashboard?

F

• .first method
  • about / Fetching the event counts
• fact-names endpoint
  • using / Understanding the fact-names endpoint
• Facter
  • about / Learning the basics of Puppet reporting
• Facter 1.7
  • about / Learning the basics of Puppet reporting
• facts endpoint
  • about / Using the facts endpoint
  • using / Using the facts endpoint
  • URL, for documentation / Using the facts endpoint
  • querying, in menu-driven PuppetDB application / Querying PuppetDB's facts endpoint
• fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
  • about / Outputting results

G

• Graphite
  • used, for analysing metrics / Analyzing metrics with StatsD, Graphite, and Etsy Skyline
  • URL / Analyzing metrics with StatsD, Graphite, and Etsy Skyline
  • and Puppet used, for tracking changes / Tracking changes with Puppet and Graphite

H

• hardware report
  • extracting, from menu-driven PuppetDB application / Outputting the hardware report
• header method
  • about / Outputting the hardware report
• HighLine
  • about / Setting up the UI
• HTTP report processor
  • reports, sending with / Sending reports with the HTTP report processor
• HyperSQL Database (HSQLDB)
  • about / A brief history of PuppetDB

I

• Icinga
  • discovering / Discovering Icinga and Shinken
  • URL / Discovering Icinga and Shinken
• insert function
  • about / Logging with MySQL
• installation, Dashing
  • about / Setting up Dashing
• installation, PostgreSQL / Installing PostgreSQL
• installation, PuppetDB / Installing PuppetDB
• installation, report processor
  • about / Understanding a report processor
• installation, Twitter / Getting social with Twitter
• Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
  • about / Monitoring changes and alerting with Puppet
• issues
  • raising, with JIRA / Raising issues with JIRA

J

• Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
  • about / A brief history of PuppetDB
• JAVA_ARGS= / Increasing the JVM heap space
• JIRA
  • issues, raising with / Raising issues with JIRA
• jobs
  • creating, in Dashing / Creating new jobs in Dashing
• jobs directory
  • about / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout

L

• .last method
  • about / Creating the PuppetDB query method
• layout, dashboard
  • creating / Creating our dashboard layout
• lib directory
  • about / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout
• load balancer
  • about / Understanding a report processor
• logging
  • with MySQL / Logging with MySQL
• log report processor
  • log files, adding with / Adding to logfiles with the log report processor

M

• MCollective
  • about / Puppet Live Management
• MCollective project
  • URL / Using Puppet to drive orchestration
• menu-driven PuppetDB application
  • creating / Creating a menu-driven PuppetDB application
  • UI, setting up / Setting up the UI
  • facts endpoint, querying / Querying PuppetDB's facts endpoint
  • hardware report, extracting / Outputting the hardware report
  • testing / Testing our application
• meters
  • adding, to dashboard / Adding meters
• metrics
  • adding, to MySQL / Adding metrics and events to MySQL
  • analysing, with StatsD / Analyzing metrics with StatsD, Graphite, and Etsy Skyline
  • analysing, with Graphite / Analyzing metrics with StatsD, Graphite, and Etsy Skyline
  • analysing, with Etsy Skyline / Analyzing metrics with StatsD, Graphite, and Etsy Skyline
• metrics endpoint
  • using / Knowing the status of PuppetDB with the metrics endpoint
  • URL, for documentation / Knowing the status of PuppetDB with the metrics endpoint
  • about / Creating new jobs in Dashing
• MySQL
  • using / Logging with MySQL
  • events, adding to / Adding metrics and events to MySQL
  • metrics, adding to / Adding metrics and events to MySQL

N

• Nagios
  • used, for creating alerts / Using Nagios
• New Relic
  • URL / Rediscovering dashboards
• NFS
  • about / Setting up the server
• nodes endpoint
  • using / Retrieving details about nodes
  • about / Creating new jobs in Dashing

O

• Object-relational Mapping (ORM)
  • about / Logging with MySQL
• OpenJDK
  • about / Installing PuppetDB

P

• PagerDuty
  • about / Staying on top of alerts with PagerDuty
  • using / Staying on top of alerts with PagerDuty
  • URL / Staying on top of alerts with PagerDuty
• Parser
  • about / Learning the basics of Puppet reporting
• perspectives
  • about / Event Inspector
• Phusion Passenger
  • about / Exploring the Puppet configuration file
• PostgreSQL
  • installing / Installing PostgreSQL
  • installing, from packages / Installing the packages
  • database user, creating / Creating your database user
  • database, creating / Creating the PostgreSQL database
• public directory
  • about / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout
• Puppet
  • report processor configuration, managing with / Managing your report processor configuration with Puppet
  • report processor, alerting with / Monitoring changes and alerting with Puppet
  • report processor, monitoring with / Monitoring changes and alerting with Puppet
  • compliance, monitoring with / Compliance monitoring with Puppet
  • and Graphite used, for tracking changes / Tracking changes with Puppet and Graphite
  • using, to drive orchestration / Using Puppet to drive orchestration
• Puppet agent
  • about / Learning the basics of Puppet reporting
  • setting up / Setting up the Puppet agent
• PuppetBoard
  • about / Discovering PuppetBoard
  • URL, for installing / Discovering PuppetBoard
• Puppet configuration file
  • about / Exploring the Puppet configuration file
  • [main] configuration block / Exploring the Puppet configuration file
  • [master] configuration block / Exploring the Puppet configuration file
  • [agent] configuration block / Exploring the Puppet configuration file
• Puppet Dashboard
  • feature list / The Puppet Dashboard feature list
  • overview / Understanding Puppet Dashboard
  • URL / Understanding Puppet Dashboard
• Puppet Dashboard, feature list
  • ENC / The Puppet Dashboard feature list
  • Reporting / The Puppet Dashboard feature list
  • Class Discovery / The Puppet Dashboard feature list
  • PuppetDB Integration / The Puppet Dashboard feature list
  • MCollective Integration / The Puppet Dashboard feature list
• puppetdash directory
  • about / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout
  • widgets / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout
  • public / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout
  • lib / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout
  • jobs / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout
  • assets / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout
  • dashboards / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout
• PuppetDB
  • history / A brief history of PuppetDB
  • URL, for scaling recommendations / A brief history of PuppetDB
  • installing / Installing PuppetDB
  • installing, from packages / Installing PuppetDB from packages
  • JVM heap space, increasing / Increasing the JVM heap space
  • basic query application, connecting to / Connecting to PuppetDB
  • querying, for report information / Querying PuppetDB for report information
  • query method, creating / Creating the PuppetDB query method
  • event counts, fetching / Fetching the event counts
  • events data, presenting / Presenting the events data
  • menu-driven PuppetDB application, testing / Testing our application
• PuppetDB API
  • about / Exploring the PuppetDB query API
  • command interface / Exploring the PuppetDB query API, Understanding the command interface
  • query interface / Exploring the PuppetDB query API, Understanding the query API interface
• PuppetDB query API
  • about / Exploring the PuppetDB query API, Understanding the query API interface
  • PuppetDB query language / A primer on the PuppetDB query language
  • endpoints / Exploring endpoints
• PuppetDB query language
  • about / A primer on the PuppetDB query language
  • using / A primer on the PuppetDB query language
• PuppetDB query method
  • creating / Creating the PuppetDB query method
• PuppetDB report processor
  • about / The PuppetDB report processor
• PuppetDB server
  • setting up / Setting up the PuppetDB server
  • PuppetDB, installing / Installing PuppetDB
  • PostgreSQL, installing / Installing PostgreSQL
• Puppet Enterprise Console
  • about / Exploring Puppet Enterprise Console
  • Event Inspector / Event Inspector
  • Puppet Live Management / Puppet Live Management
  • URL, for downloading / Puppet Live Management
• Puppet Forge
  • about / Understanding a report processor
  • URL / Understanding a report processor
• Puppet Labs
  • URL / Learning the basics of Puppet reporting, Setting up the Puppet agent
• Puppet Live Management
  • about / Puppet Live Management
• Puppet master
  • about / Learning the basics of Puppet reporting
• Puppet Open Source
  • using / Learning the basics of Puppet reporting
• Puppet reporting
  • about / Learning the basics of Puppet reporting
  • features / Looking back at what we've learned
• Puppet server
  • using / Exploring the Puppet configuration file
  • setting up / Setting up the server

R

• replace catalog function
  • about / Understanding the command interface
• replace facts function
  • about / Understanding the command interface
• reporting
  • with The Foreman / Reporting with The Foreman
• report processor
  • about / Understanding a report processor, The anatomy of a report processor
  • overview / Understanding a report processor
  • installing / Understanding a report processor
  • creating / Creating a basic report processor
  • registering / Registering your report processor
  • describing / Describing your report processor
  • processing / Processing your report
  • self.status object / Values of the self.status object
  • e-mail alert, creating / Alerting with e-mail and Puppet
  • monitoring, with Puppet / Monitoring changes and alerting with Puppet
  • alerting, with Puppet / Monitoring changes and alerting with Puppet
  • used, for creating alerts / Producing alerts
• report processor configuration
  • managing, with Puppet / Managing your report processor configuration with Puppet
• report processors
  • built-in report processors, utilizing / Utilizing the built-in report processors
• reports endpoint
  • using / Using the reports endpoint
  • URL, for documentation / Using the reports endpoint
• resources endpoint
  • about / Using the resources endpoint
  • using / Using the resources endpoint
  • URL, for documentation / Using the resources endpoint
• REST API
  • about / A brief history of PuppetDB
• RRD
  • about / Graphing with the rrdgraph processor
• rrdgraph report processor
  • used, for graphing / Graphing with the rrdgraph processor
• Ruby
  • URL, for documentation / Logging with MySQL
• Ruby Version Manager (RVM)
  • URL, for installation / Creating a basic query application
• rufus-scheduler
  • about / Feeding data into Dashing
  • URL / Creating new jobs in Dashing

S

• self.status object
  • about / Values of the self.status object
  • skipped value / Values of the self.status object
  • failed value / Values of the self.status object
  • failed_to_restart value / Values of the self.status object
  • restarted value / Values of the self.status object
  • changed value / Values of the self.status object
  • out_of_sync value / Values of the self.status object
• send_event method
  • about / Creating new jobs in Dashing
• Sensu
  • URL / Discovering Icinga and Shinken
  • about / Discovering Icinga and Shinken
• sequel library
  • about / Logging with MySQL
• server-time endpoint
  • using / Using the server-time endpoint
  • URL, for documentation / Using the server-time endpoint
• Shinken
  • discovering / Discovering Icinga and Shinken
  • URL / Discovering Icinga and Shinken
• Shopify
  • URL / Exploring Dashing
• Sinatra
  • about / Exploring Dashing
• StatsD
  • used, for analysing metrics / Analyzing metrics with StatsD, Graphite, and Etsy Skyline
• store report function
  • about / Understanding the command interface
• store report processor
  • reports, storing with / Storing reports with the store report processor
• strftime function
  • about / Logging with MySQL
• strftime method
  • about / Logging with MySQL
• Sun JDK
  • about / Installing PuppetDB
• Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets (SASS)
  • about / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout

T

• table method
  • about / Outputting results
• tagmail report processor
  • about / The tagmail report processor, Alerting with e-mail and Puppet
  • URL, for documentation / The tagmail report processor
• The Foreman
  • about / Using The Foreman
  • using / Using The Foreman
  • reporting, with / Reporting with The Foreman
  • trends, viewing in / Looking at trends in The Foreman
• third-party applications
  • about / A final note on third-party applications
• third-party report processors
  • exploring / Exploring the power of third-party plugins
• trends
  • about / Reporting with The Foreman
  • viewing, in The Foreman / Looking at trends in The Foreman
  • adding, to dashboard / Adding trends
• Twitter
  • about / Getting social with Twitter
  • URL / Getting social with Twitter
  • installing / Getting social with Twitter

U

• UI
  • setting up, for menu-driven PuppetDB application / Setting up the UI
• Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)
  • about / Logging with MySQL
• Universal Resource Identifier (URI)
  • about / Connecting to PuppetDB

V

• version endpoint
  • using / The version endpoint
  • URL, for documentation / The version endpoint

W

• widget, options
  • data-row tag / Creating our dashboard layout
  • data-col tag / Creating our dashboard layout
  • data-id tag / Creating our dashboard layout
  • data-view tag / Creating our dashboard layout
  • data-title tag / Creating our dashboard layout
  • additional tags / Creating our dashboard layout
• widgets directory
  • about / Exploring the default puppetdash directory layout

X

• XKCD
  • URL / Logging with MySQL

Y

• YAML
  • URL / Setting up the server