Who this book is for

This book is designed for anyone who wants to learn more about the fundamental components of Puppet reporting. To get the most out of this book, you should already be familiar with Puppet and be comfortable with its major components such as the Puppet master and Puppet agent. You should also be comfortable with reading code, and in particular, you should be at least passingly familiar with Ruby. Finally, you should be happy working on the command line in the Linux/Unix flavor of your choice.