Installpuppetserver - Creative Computing Wiki

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