First steps to setup a new puppet agent

bootstrap_puppet.sh

# Install NTP for clock syncing
apt-get install -y ntp 
/etc/init.d/ntp start

# Install Puppet from official packages
cd
mkdir source
cd source
sudo wget http://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-precise.deb
sudo dpkg -i puppetlabs-release-precise.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install puppet

# Set to start a booot
sed -i /etc/default/puppet -e 's/START=no/START=yes/'

# Update puppet.conf
cat <<<EOF > /etc/puppet/puppet.conf
[main]
logdir=/var/log/puppet
vardir=/var/lib/puppet
ssldir=/var/lib/puppet/ssl
rundir=/var/run/puppet
factpath=$vardir/lib/facter
listen=true
[agent]
server=puppet
report=true
pluginsync=true
EOF


# Edit auth.conf
cat <<EOF > /etc/puppet/auth.conf
path /
  method find, search, save
  auth yes
  allow puppet
path /run
auth any
allow *
EOF


echo "Now add your puppet master to /etc/hosts"
echo "    example: 10.0.0.0  puppet puppet"

echo "And then run the beacon"
echo "    example: puppet agent --test --debug --waitforcert 60"

echo "And on the master accept the cert"
echo "    puppet cert sign foobar"