just a quick PuppetMaster Service Script for gem installed puppet set-up

gistfile1.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

module PuppetMaster
  def self.puppetmaster_cmd
   'puppet master --debug --verbose'
  end

  def self.start
    puts "Starting Puppet Master in Debug+Verbose+Daemon mode logging to /var/log/puppet/a.log"
    puts "Started." if system("#{puppetmaster_cmd} >> /var/log/puppet/a.log")
  end

  def self.stop
    puppet_master_ps = %x{ps aux | grep -e '#{puppetmaster_cmd}' | grep -v grep}
    puppet_master_pid = puppet_master_ps.split[1]
    if system("kill -9 #{puppet_master_pid}")
      puts "PuppetMaster with pid:#{puppet_master_pid} has been killed."
    else
      puts "Failure killing PuppetMaster with pid:#{puppet_master_pid}."
    end
  end

  def self.status
    puppet_master_ps = %x{ps aux | grep -e '#{puppetmaster_cmd}' | grep -v grep}
    puppet_master_pid = puppet_master_ps.split[1]
    if puppet_master_pid.nil?
      puts "No PuppetMaster found."
    else
      puts "Running @ #{puppet_master_ps}"
    end
  end
end

case ARGV.first
when 'start'
  PuppetMaster.start
when 'stop'
  PuppetMaster.stop
when 'restart'
  PuppetMaster.stop
  PuppetMaster.start
when 'status'
  PuppetMaster.status
else
  puts <<-PMUSAGE
    $service puppetmaster (start|stop|restart|status)
    PMUSAGE
end