Puppet Bootstrapping with capistrano

bootstrap.rb

#config/recipes/bootstrap.rb
#capistrano recipe
namespace :bootstrap do
  desc "Prepare the system to run Puppet. Requires root access (once)."
  task :default do
    set :user, 'root' # because we haven't provisioned any users yet

    # install puppet standalone
    run "wget http://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-#{config['os_code_name']}.deb"
    run "dpkg -i puppetlabs-release-#{config['os_code_name']}.deb"
    run "apt-get -y update"
    run "apt-get -y install puppet-common"
    run "rm puppetlabs-release-#{config['os_code_name']}.deb"

    # We need this fix on some systems in order to get build-essential
    #  to be install correctly. If that fails, uncomment this.
    # `dpkg -l libc6 libc6-dev`
    # `apt-cache madison libc6 libc6-dev`
    # should provide hints as to which versions need to be installed.
    # run 'apt-get -y install --reinstall libc6=2.15-0ubuntu10.4 libc6-dev=2.15-0ubuntu10.4'
  end
end

puppet.rb

#/config/recipes/puppet.rb
# This runs once as root after bootstrapping, and in the future as the deployer user
namespace :puppet do
  desc "Provision the server by applying this project's Puppet config"
  task :default do
    # create a tarball of the puppet directory and upload to the server
    system "mkdir -p ./tmp && tar czf './tmp/puppet.tgz' puppet/"
    upload "./tmp/puppet.tgz","/tmp/puppet.tgz", :via => :scp

    # unpack the tarball and replace the old puppet system config
    run "tar xzf /tmp/puppet.tgz"
    run "rm -rf /etc/puppet"
    run "mv puppet/ /etc/puppet"
    system 'rm ./tmp/puppet.tgz' # cleanup

    # let the puppets dance!
    try_sudo "puppet apply /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp"
  end
end

# And in your deploy.rb add 
#   after "bootstrap", "puppet"
# to run this task right after bootstrapping as root once.