We have a puppet server in westcoast (li823-33.members.linode.com)
Following are steps how to install and configure the puppet server:
rpm -ivh https://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-el-6.noarch.rpm
yum -y install puppetserver
service puppetserver start
service puppetserver stop
edit /etc/puppet/puppet.conf
[main]
# The Puppet log directory. # The default value is '$vardir/log'.
logdir = /var/log/puppet
# Where Puppet PID files are kept.
# The default value is '$vardir/run'.
rundir = /var/run/puppet
# Where SSL certificates are kept.
# The default value is '$confdir/ssl'.
ssldir = $vardir/ssl
#put your hostname in here.
dns_alt_names = <PUPPET SERVER HOSTNAME>
always_cache_features=true
environmentpath=/etc/puppet/environments/
[agent]
# The file in which puppetd stores a list of the classes
# associated with the retrieved configuratiion. Can be loaded in
# the separate puppet executable using the --loadclasses
# option.
# The default value is '$confdir/classes.txt'.
classfile = $vardir/classes.txt
# Where puppetd caches the local configuration. An
# extension indicating the cache format is added automatically.
# The default value is '$confdir/localconfig'.
localconfig = $vardir/localconfig
Make new environments dir in /etc/puppet/
cd /etc/puppet
mkdir environments
cd environments
mkdir production
cd production/
touch environment.conf
mkdir manifests
mkdir modules
cd manifests
add the client.pp files and restart the puppetserve. Install some modules:
puppet module install puppetlabs-stdlib --version 4.20.0 puppet module install puppet-selinux --version 0.5.0 puppet module install maestrodev-wget --version 1.7.3 puppet module install ceritsc-yum --version 0.9.8 puppet module install camptocamp-rsyncd --version 1.0.15 puppet module install puppetlabs-rsync --version 0.4.0
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You could also install the puppetserver using docker:
1. rpm -iUvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
2. yum -y install docker-io
3. vim /etc/sysconfig/docker
4. other_args="--insecure-registry li823-33.members.linode.com:5000"
5. service restart docker
6. docker pull li823-33.members.linode.com:5000/centos68puppetserver
7. docker images ==> this will give you the base image we download from our docker registry
8. run the images by: docker run -d -it --net=host <image id>
9. docker ps ==> get the container ID
10. docker attach containerID ==> enter the container
11. vim /etc/puppet/puppet.conf to change the alt host name to your current server's hostname.
12. puppet cert clean --all
13. service puppetserver restart
14. make sure the puppetserver is running and all the clients can connect to the puppetserver (clients might need to regenerate their client certificate.<https://docs.puppet.com/pe/latest/agent_cert_regen.html>)
15. crtl+p crtl+q to detach from the container.