Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of how-to/puppet

Timestamp:

Mar 7, 2011, 1:02:01 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

Daniel Kahn Gillmor

Comment:

initial docs for setting up a test puppetmaster

how-to/puppet

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+= Puppet =
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+MF/PL is moving toward puppet as a system administration infrastructure.
+
+
+== administering puppet ==
+
+puppet can be intimidating.  If you want to help with the administration, here's instructions to get started:
+
+=== setting up a development environment ===
+
+Get the configuration:
+
+{{{
+git clone git://git.mayfirst.org/mfpl/puppet
+cd puppet
+git submodule init
+git submodule update
+}}}
+
+And as the superuser, install the tools:
+{{{
+apt-get install puppet-common
+}}}
+
+then copy and update the sample configs to refer to your current environment:
+{{{
+cp puppet.conf.sample puppet.conf
+cp fileserver.conf.sample fileserver.conf
+$EDITOR puppet.conf fileserver.conf
+}}}
+
+some important changes to consider:
+
+ * repoint `[files] path` in `fileserver.conf`
+ * make a simple `var` dir for your dev puppetmaster to stash its data 
+ * repoint all the explicit dirs in `puppet.conf` to the `var` dir
+
+Then you can launch the puppet master as a non-privileged user from the checked-out directory:
+
+{{{
+puppet master --confdir=$(pwd) --no-daemonize --verbose
+}}}