Waiting for change is tough (30 minutes can be a long time), and when you do make a change, the first thing you’re interested in is “was it successful?” With the ability to run Puppet on demand in the Puppet Enterprise console you can decide when to run and where to run. Make a change, push a button, sit back and watch your nodes run successfully (or unsuccessfully) as those changes get deployed. The Direct Puppet workflow gives you precise control over rolling out changes, from updating data and classifying nodes, to deploying new Puppet code. Direct Puppet in the console allows you to preview your changes, run Puppet on those nodes, and validate those changes through the UI. This talk will cover the Direct Puppet workflow and use cases for running Puppet on demand. While the console functionality is specific to Puppet Enterprise, the techniques discussed for the on-demand change workflow will apply to any Puppet deployment.
