Learning MCollective: Parallel Server Management in Puppet and Chef

Learn how to build an entire installation by hand, know where every configuration file lives, and understand every configuration parameter and what it means. Whether you manage a small environment or one that’s immense in scale, this book shows you how to orchestrate specific actions faster and better than you do now.

• Tour MCollective’s architecture, backbone, transport, and security controls
• Configure MCollective components to match your production environment
• Create and use collectives to handle thousands of remote MCollective agents
• Use ActiveMQ Network of Brokers to resolve multi-site or redundancy requirements
• Learn how to use community-built client and agent plugins, with concrete examples
• Create your own server and client plugins to perform a variety of actions
• Learn recommended best practices for using MCollective