Puppet module for installing the Puppet agent and master

Installs and configures the Puppet agent and optionally a Puppet master (when
server is true). Part of the Foreman installer
or to be used as a Puppet module.

The Puppet master is configured under Apache and Passenger by default, unless
server_passenger is set to false. Alternatively, set server_implementation
to puppetserver to switch to the JVM-based Puppet Server.

Many puppet.conf options for agents, masters and other are parameterized, with
class documentation provided at the top of the manifests.
server_additional_settings can be used to supply master options that are
missing parameters.

Environments support

The module helps configure Puppet environments using directory environments on
Puppet 3.6+ and config environments on older versions. These are set up under
/etc/puppet/environments/ - change server_environments to define the list to
create, or use puppet::server::env for more control.

Git repo support with theforeman/git

Environments can be backed by git by setting server_git_repo to true, which
sets up /var/lib/puppet/puppet.git where each branch maps to one environment.
Avoid using 'master' as this name isn't permitted. On each push to the repo, a
hook updates /etc/puppet/environments with the contents of the branch.

Foreman integration with theforeman/foreman

With the 3.0.0 release the Foreman integration became optional. Note that you
need the theforeman/foreman module
installed.

It will still by default install the Foreman integration when server is true,
so if you wish to run a Puppet master without Foreman, it can be disabled by
setting server_foreman to false.

PuppetDB integration with puppetlabs/puppetdb

The Puppet master can be configured to export catalogs and reports to a
PuppetDB instance, using the puppetlabs/puppetdb module. Use its
puppetdb::server class to install PuppetDB and this module to configure the
Puppet master.

Installation

Available from GitHub (via cloning or tarball), Puppet Forge
or as part of the Foreman installer.

Usage

As a parameterized class, all the configurable options can be overridden from your
wrapper classes or even your ENC (if it supports param classes). For example:

# Agent and cron (or daemon):
class { '::puppet': runmode => 'cron' }

# Agent and puppetmaster:
class { '::puppet': server => true }

# You want to use git?
class { '::puppet':
  server          => true
  server_git_repo => true
}

# You need need your own template for puppet.conf?
class { '::puppet':
  agent_template  => 'puppetagent/puppet.conf.core.erb',
  server          => true,
  server_template => 'puppetserver/puppet.conf.master.erb',
}

# Maybe you're using gitolite, new hooks, and a different port?
class { '::puppet':
  server                   => true
  server_port              => 8141,
  server_git_repo          => true,
  server_git_repo_path     => '/var/lib/gitolite/repositories/puppet.git',
  server_post_hook_name    => 'post-receive.puppet',
  server_post_hook_content => 'puppetserver/post-hook.puppet',
}

# Configure master without Foreman integration
class { '::puppet':
  server                => true,
  server_foreman        => false,
  server_reports        => 'store',
  server_external_nodes => '',
}

# Want to integrate with an existing PuppetDB?
class { '::puppet':
  server               => true,
  server_puppetdb_host => 'mypuppetdb.example.com',
  server_reports       => 'puppetdb,foreman',
  storeconfigs         => true,
  storeconfigs_backend => 'puppetdb',
}

Look in init.pp for what can be configured this way, see Contributing if anything
doesn't work.

To use this in standalone mode, edit a file (e.g. install.pp), put in a class resource,
as per the examples above, and the execute puppet apply e.g:

cat > install.pp <<EOF
class { '::puppet': server => true }
EOF
puppet apply install.pp --modulepath /path_to/extracted_tarball

Contributing

• Fork the project
• Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution

More info

See http://theforeman.org or at #theforeman irc channel on freenode

Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Ohad Levy

This program and entire repository is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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