Ok, so you\u2019re interested in this whole Puppet thing, and you want to get a full install in your test environment, or on a set of VMs to work and play with the product. PuppetLabs has a ton of really cool documentation, and you should certainly avail yourself of it, but I wanted to give you a quick \u201ccookbook\u201d style set of instructions to get you rolling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Puppet Master<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a lot of documentation surrounding the Puppet Master installation at Puppet Labs, but I find a bit of obfuscation when trying to parse through the huge pile of meat that is there, when all we\u2019re looking for is the best of it\u2026 you know, the bacon. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n Puppet Code Repository & Package Source<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Puppet Labs provides a myriad of repositories and methods by which to install Puppet. I tend to stick with the main PuppetLabs repository whenever possible. I also tend to like RedHat derivatives, so I\u2019ll be talking about RHEL here, but the same applies to CentOS, Scientific Linux, and other RHEL \u201cchildren\u201d in the ecosystem. In short, if you\u2019re using something else other than RHEL, you may find yourself hunting packages and repos that contain packages you\u2019ll need that the repositories I list here have by default. As with any web-based documentation, YMMV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Installing the Puppet Master<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n First, you\u2019ll need a functioning Installation of RHEL upon which to install and configure Puppet. I like to include only the \u201cBase Install\u201d and take the \u201cDefaults\u201d when doing a \u201cspecial purpose\u201d server, as it doesn\u2019t muddy the waters and it gives you the cleanest slate possible upon which to build your Puppet platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Enabling the RHEL Yum Repo<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n As I\u2019m sure you\u2019re aware, to use RedHat\u2019s repositories, you have to register and have active a subscription with RedHat. To do a simple connection\/attachment to the RedHat repositories, I\u2019ve found a mixture of success with the Subscription Manager. However, by performing the following commands (some are redundant), I\u2019ve been able to get the configuration working with 100% reliability:<\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo subscription-manager register<\/strong><\/em> sudo subscription-manager auto-attach<\/strong><\/em> sudo subscription-manager attach \u2013auto<\/strong><\/em> sudo subscription-manager refresh<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Obviously, this is a RedHat topic, and not a Puppet one, so if you\u2019re having issues with this process, contact Redhat for help. The crux of this, however, is to just register your instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n