Puppet Installation of Server and Node

Puppet-101

###Installtion of Master

wget https://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-precise.deb
sudo dpkg -i puppetlabs-release-precise.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install puppetmaster-passenger -y   ----  For Production based Master Setup

######### Only for Testing ################
sudo apt-get install puppetmaster -y  ---- For test Master Server Setup

vim /etc/hosts
ip  hostname

example--
172.27.9.56   puppetmaster

to get the hostname type this command
hostname

### Installation of Node

wget https://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-precise.deb
dpkg -i puppetlabs-release-precise.deb
apt-get update
apt-get install puppet

##Checking for Puppet cert list
puppet cert list
puppet cert list --all

## Accepting the Client to the List
puppet cert sign $nodename


## Adding the agents to run on cron for every $n = mins you want to keep   --- Mostly not recommended
puppet resource cron puppet-agent ensure=present user=root minute=$n command='/usr/bin/puppet agent --test'

## Master settings -- /etc/puppet/puppet.conf

[main]
dns_alt_names = puppet,puppetmaster  --- dns name of the master

## Agent Settings -- /etc/puppet/puppet.conf

[agent]
server =puppetmaster
runinterval = 120 --- will run for every 2m