PE502 On Demand: Test and Deliver

Available for use with a subscription license or payment.

PE502 Test and Deliver will cover three key areas of testing:

Unit

Integration

Acceptance

You will learn how to write tests for your Puppet code that cover these critical areas, ensuring your code is robust, accurate and reliable. In this course, we'll teach you the best practices gleaned from the journeys of our most successful customers.

In this course, you'll learn how to: 

• Test your Puppet code effectively using unit, integration, and acceptance testing.
• Write tests for your Puppet code that cover these critical areas, ensuring your code is robust, accurate, and reliable.
• Use the RSpec testing framework to write expressive and maintainable tests.
• Understand the internals of RSpec and rspec-puppet.
• Use the Puppet Development Kit (PDK) throughout the course.
• Understand just enough of the Ruby language to aid in the testing of Puppet code.
• Understand module dependency workflow, including .fixtures.yml and the Puppetfile.
• Set up an Rspec testing framework, test roles and profiles, and use Puppet’s Bolt and puppet apply to conduct acceptance testing.
• Participate in three fully interactive labs where you can practice writing tests for Puppet code in a sandbox environment.
• Examine a range of testing tools that can enhance your workflow, including Onceover, Litmus, Beaker, and Serverspec.
• Approach testing in a way that is flexible and adaptable to different tools and environments.
• Understand Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) principles, with a focus on using Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise to automate the testing and deployment of your Puppet code.
• Receive valuable developer tips for working with RSpec and testing Puppet code, based on real-world experience and best practices.

Concepts covered include: 

• Puppet Code Testing
• Rspec testing framework 
• Three levels of testing: Unit, Integration and Acceptance  
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Deliver
  
  

Continue your journey on the path to Puppet certification

Completing PE 502 On Demand: Test and Deliver takes you one step further along the path to acing the Puppet Certified Professional exam — a credential that proves to the job market you’ve got those highly sought-after skills in IT automation.

We also strongly recommend that you take the first three courses in this series: PE101 On Demand: Deploy & Discover, PE201 On Demand: Design & Manage, and PE301 On Demand: Develop & Maintain.

Be sure to check out the self-assessment checklist in the student prep guide so you’re prepared to get the most out of Puppet Enterprise 502 On Demand: Test and Deliver. You can use the links that we provided to help you get up to speed where needed.