We have a puppet server in westcoast (li823-33.members.linode.com)

Following are steps how to install and configure the puppet server:

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rpm -ivh https://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-el-6.noarch.rpm
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yum -y install puppetserver
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service puppetserver start
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service puppetserver stop
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edit /etc/puppet/puppet.conf

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[main]
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 . {{{
# The Puppet log directory. # The default value is '$vardir/log'.
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 . {{{
logdir = /var/log/puppet
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 . {{{
# Where Puppet PID files are kept.
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 . {{{
# The default value is '$vardir/run'.
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 . {{{
rundir = /var/run/puppet
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 . {{{
# Where SSL certificates are kept.
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 . {{{
# The default value is '$confdir/ssl'.
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 . {{{
ssldir = $vardir/ssl
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 . {{{
#put your hostname in here.
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 . {{{
dns_alt_names = <PUPPET SERVER HOSTNAME>
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 . {{{
always_cache_features=true
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 . {{{
environmentpath=/etc/puppet/environments/
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[agent]
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 . {{{
# The file in which puppetd stores a list of the classes
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 . {{{
# associated with the retrieved configuratiion.  Can be loaded in
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# the separate puppet executable using the --loadclasses
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 . {{{
# option.
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# The default value is '$confdir/classes.txt'.
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 . {{{
classfile = $vardir/classes.txt
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 . {{{
# Where puppetd caches the local configuration.  An
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 . {{{
# extension indicating the cache format is added automatically.
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# The default value is '$confdir/localconfig'.
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localconfig = $vardir/localconfig
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Make new environments dir in /etc/puppet/

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cd /etc/puppet
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mkdir environments
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cd environments
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mkdir production
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cd production/
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touch environment.conf
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mkdir manifests
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mkdir modules
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cd manifests
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add the client.pp files and restart the puppetserve. Install some modules:

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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.