README.md

On Mac OS X:

• Install puppet 3.0.2, facter 1.6.17 and hiera 1.1.2
• create /etc/puppet/puppet.conf
• configure launchd puppet daemon
• initial puppet run

install_puppet_mac.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -o errtrace
set -o errexit

facter_version=1.6.17
puppet_version=3.0.2
hiera_version=1.1.2

target_volume=/Volumes/Macintosh\ HD

echo "About to install Facter $facter_version and Puppet $puppet_version on target volume $target_volume"

start_date=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d%:%H:%M:%S")

echo "mkdir  /private/tmp/$start_date ; cd /private/tmp/$start_date"
mkdir  /private/tmp/$start_date ; cd /private/tmp/$start_date

curl -sO http://downloads.puppetlabs.com/mac/facter-$facter_version.dmg
curl -sO http://downloads.puppetlabs.com/mac/hiera-$hiera_version.dmg
curl -sO http://downloads.puppetlabs.com/mac/puppet-$puppet_version.dmg

hdiutil attach facter-$facter_version.dmg
hdiutil attach hiera-$hiera_version.dmg
hdiutil attach puppet-$puppet_version.dmg

sudo installer -package /Volumes/facter-$facter_version/facter-$facter_version.pkg -target "$target_volume"
sudo installer -package /Volumes/hiera-$hiera_version/hiera-$hiera_version.pkg -target "$target_volume"
sudo installer -package /Volumes/puppet-$puppet_version/puppet-$puppet_version.pkg -target "$target_volume"

echo "Creating directories in /var and /etc - needs sudo"
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/puppet
sudo mkdir -p /etc/puppet/manifests
sudo mkdir -p /etc/puppet/ssl

if [ $(dscl . -list /Groups | grep puppet | wc -l)  = 0 ]; then
  echo "Creating a puppet group - needs sudo"
  max_gid=$(dscl . -list /Groups gid | awk '{print $2}' | sort -ug | tail -1) 
  new_gid=$((max_gid+1))
  sudo dscl . create /Groups/puppet
  sudo dscl . create /Groups/puppet gid $new_gid
fi


if [ $(dscl . -list /Users | grep puppet | wc -l)  = 0 ]; then
  echo "Creating a puppet user - needs sudo"
  max_uid=$(dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | awk '{print $2}' | sort -ug | tail -1)
  new_uid=$((max_uid+1))
  sudo dscl . create /Users/puppet
  sudo dscl . create /Users/puppet UniqueID $new_uid
  sudo dscl . -create /Users/puppet PrimaryGroupID $new_gid
fi

echo "Creating /etc/puppet/puppet.conf - needs sudo"

sudo tee -a /etc/puppet/puppet.conf>/dev/null<<EOF

[main]
vardir = /var/lib/puppet
libdir = $vardir/lib
ssldir = $vardir/ssl
http_compression=true
pluginsync = true

[agent]
certname = `hostname`
EOF

echo "Changing permissions - needs sudo"

sudo chown -R puppet:puppet  /var/lib/puppet
sudo chown -R puppet:puppet  /etc/puppet

sudo tee -a /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.puppetlabs.puppet.list>/dev/null<<EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
        <dict>
                <key>PATH</key>
                <string>/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin</string>
                <key>RUBYLIB</key>
                <string>/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/</string>
        </dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.puppetlabs.puppet</string>
        <key>OnDemand</key>
        <false/>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/usr/sbin/puppet</string>
                <string>agent</string>
                <string>apply</string>
                <string>--verbose</string>
                <string>--listen</string>
                <string>--no-daemonize</string>
                <string>--logdest</string>
                <string>console</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
        <key>ServiceDescription</key>
        <string>Puppet Daemon</string>
        <key>ServiceIPC</key>
        <false/>
        <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
        <string>/var/lib/puppet/log/puppet.err</string>
        <key>StandardOutPath</key>
        <string>/var/lib/puppet/log/puppet.out</string>
</dict>
</plist>
EOF

echo "Cleaning up"

hdiutil detach /Volumes/facter-$facter_version
hdiutil detach /Volumes/hiera-$hiera_version
hdiutil detach /Volumes/puppet-$puppet_version

cd /private/tmp
rm -rf ./$start_date

sudo puppet agent apply -t --waitforcert 15
sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.puppetlabs.puppet.plist

Wow! this is great work! Thank you :)