If a few bash scripts is enough for you to manage your servers, you probably don't need puppet (or ansible, or chef). But, yes, I agree that the puppet documen

If a few bash scripts is enough for you to manage your servers, you probably don't need puppet (or ansible, or chef). But, yes, I agree that the puppet documentation is (or at least was, I have not looked at it for several years) not entirely brilliant. It is an OK reference manual, but like so much documentation, it is more difficult than necessary for learning the thing.