Non-SSL Puppet command. Just insecure.

puppet.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# Puppet command running without SSL. Try:
# $ ruby puppet.rb master --debug --no-daemonize --logdest console
# $ ruby puppet.rb agent --server 127.0.0.1 --debug --no-daemonize --onetime --noop

require "puppet/util/command_line"

require "puppet/network/http/connection"
require "puppet/network/http/webrick"

module Puppet::Network::HTTP
  CERTNAME_HEADER = "Puppet-Certname"

  # See /lib/puppet/network/http/connection.rb
  class Connection
    # Non-SSL Net::HTTP Client
    class HTTP < ::Net::HTTP
      def use_ssl=(a)
        false
      end

      def use_ssl?
        false
      end

      # See /lib/net/http.rb
      def request(req, *args, &block)
        # Inject Puppet-Certname HTTP header
        req[CERTNAME_HEADER] = Puppet[:certname]
        super
      end
    end

    def cert_setup; end

    def request(method, *args)
      connection.send(method, *args)
    end

    def create_connection(*args)
      HTTP.new(*args)
    end
  end

  # Non-SSL WEBrick handler
  # See /lib/puppet/network/http/webrick/rest.rb
  class WEBrickREST
    def client_cert(request); end

    def client_information(request)
      # Use CN in Puppet-Certname header.
      {
        :ip => request.peeraddr && request.peeraddr[3],
        :node => request[CERTNAME_HEADER],
        :authenticated => true
      }
    end
  end

  # Append SSLServer and SSLSocket compatible methods
  # used in Puppet::Network::HTTP::WEBrick to avoid NoMethodError.
  class ::TCPServer
    def start_immediately=(a); end
  end

  class ::TCPSocket
    def accept; end
  end

  # Non-SSL WEBrick server
  # See /lib/puppet/network/http/webrick.rb
  class WEBrick
    def setup_ssl
      {}
    end
  end
end

Puppet::Util::CommandLine.new.execute