Basic Puppetmaster installation
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Basic Puppetmaster installation

  1. [Note]Note

    The host named “puppet” is the puppetmaster. This is by widespread Puppet convention.

    Use preseed or Puppet, or - if you really must - by hand.

  2. apprentice@puppet:~$ wget -q http://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-wheezy.deb
      apprentice@puppet:~$ sudo dpkg -i puppetlabs-release-wheezy.deb
      apprentice@puppet:~$ sudo apt-get update

  3. apprentice@puppet:~$sudo apt-get install puppetmaster puppet-el

  4. apprentice@puppet:~$ sudo apt-get install git
      apprentice@puppet:~$ sudo git init
      apprentice@puppet:~$ sudo git add $(find -type f -not -path \*\.git\*)
      apprentice@puppet:~$ sudo git commit -m "initial commit - wheezy dist"

  5. apprentice@puppet:~$ sudo sh -c "echo '*.rug.nl' > /etc/puppet/autosign.conf"

  6. To /etc/puppet/puppet.conf, under the [master] section, add: 

    certname = host06.servers.mydomain.com
dns_alt_names = puppet.servers.mydomain.com


  7. apprentice@puppet:/etc/puppet$ sudo mkdir -p /srv/puppet/envs/{production,testing,joe,william,jack,averell}
    apprentice@puppet:/etc/puppet$ sudo mv modules/ manifests/ templates/ /srv/puppet/envs/production/
    apprentice@puppet:/etc/puppet$ sudo mkdir -p /srv/puppet/common
    apprentice@puppet:/etc/puppet$ sudo mkdir -p /srv/puppet/common/modules

  8. /etc/puppet/puppet.conf 

    [main]
logdir=/var/log/puppet
vardir=/var/lib/puppet
ssldir=/var/lib/puppet/ssl
rundir=/var/run/puppet
# Note: using variables here may break Foreman. (But Foreman isn't installed)
factpath=$vardir/lib/facter
templatedir=$confdir/templates

[master]
# These are needed when the puppetmaster is run by passenger
# and can safely be removed if webrick is used.
ssl_client_header = SSL_CLIENT_S_DN 
ssl_client_verify_header = SSL_CLIENT_VERIFY

certname = host06.servers.mydomain.com
dns_alt_names = puppet.service.rug.nl

#storeconfigs = true
#storeconfigs_backend = puppetdb

[production]
        modulepath = /srv/puppet/envs/production/modules:/srv/puppet/common/modules
        templatedir = /srv/puppet/envs/production/templates
        manifestdir = /srv/puppet/envs/production/manifests
        manifest = /srv/puppet/envs/production/manifests/site.pp

[testing]
        modulepath = /srv/puppet/envs/testing/modules:/srv/puppet/common/modules
        templatedir = /srv/puppet/envs/testing/templates
        manifestdir = /srv/puppet/envs/testing/manifests
        manifest = /srv/puppet/envs/testing/manifests/site.pp

[joe]
        modulepath = /srv/puppet/envs/joe/modules:/srv/puppet/common/modules
        templatedir = /srv/puppet/envs/joe/templates
        manifestdir = /srv/puppet/envs/joe/manifests
        manifest = /srv/puppet/envs/joe/manifests/site.pp

[william]
        modulepath = /srv/puppet/envs/william/modules:/srv/puppet/common/modules
        templatedir = /srv/puppet/envs/william/templates
        manifestdir = /srv/puppet/envs/william/manifests
        manifest = /srv/puppet/envs/william/manifests/site.pp

[jack]
        modulepath = /srv/puppet/envs/jack/modules:/srv/puppet/common/modules
        templatedir = /srv/puppet/envs/jack/templates
        manifestdir = /srv/puppet/envs/jack/manifests
        manifest = /srv/puppet/envs/jack/manifests/site.pp

[averell]
        modulepath = /srv/puppet/envs/averell/modules:/srv/puppet/common/modules
        templatedir = /srv/puppet/envs/averell/templates
        manifestdir = /srv/puppet/envs/averell/manifests
        manifest = /srv/puppet/envs/averell/manifests/site.pp

  9. apprentice@puppet:~$ sudo service puppetmaster stop
    Stopping puppet master.
    apprentice@puppet:/etc/puppet$ sudo puppet master --no-daemonize --verbose
    Starting Puppet master version 3.0.1