Puppet - Infrastructure as Code : Quick start (IEP-AED)

puppet-quickstart-notes.md

Puppet - Infrastructure as Code : Quick start (IEP-AED)

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Installation
• Start master
• Puppet Lifcycle commands
• Paths For Reference

Introduction

• Puppet is an open source configuration management tool, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), by Puppet Inc.
• Supports Multi-platform.
• Follows Master/Slave architecture, can also be deployed as stand-alone.
• Built on Ruby, follows declarative programming paradigm.
• Follows pull strategy where agent nodes should always pull configuration from Master node.
• Provides it's own DSL (Puppet DSL) closer to JSON and supports Ruby DSL as well.
• Good for operation focused team (Admins)
• MCollect (by Puppet Inc.) collects nodes' configuration data and publishes it to the Master node.

Installation

OS and Other Software Package Details

• Operating System: Ubuntu-14.10 (64 bit)

Enable Repo

wget https://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-pc1-wily.deb
sudo dpkg -i puppetlabs-release-pc1-wily.deb
sudo apt update

Install Puppet Server

sudo apt-get install puppetserver

Start master

service puppetserver start

(or)

systemctl start puppetserver

Puppet Lifcycle commands

Dry-run puppet agent

puppet agent --test

Start Services

puppet resource service puppet ensure=running
puppet resource service mcollective ensure=running

Stop Services

puppet resource service puppet ensure=stopped
puppet resource service mcollective ensure=stopped

Paths For Reference

• /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet
• /etc/puppetlabs/puppet
• /etc/default/puppetserver