OK. I would almost recommend to use Petals 4. There is no web console, but there is Petals CLI (a command-line tool dedicated to the administration of Petals nodes). As usual, the next Petals version will come with many improvements and bug fixes, but the release date has been pushed forward.
Otherwise, with Petals 3.x, you can script deployments with ANT tasks and use the console for the monitoring.
But seriously, Petals 4 is better with respect to many sides. The tutorial was not written for this version, a new one being planned, but you should be able to translate most of the exercices.
Which Petals ESB version are you using ?