Puppet is a popular open-source configuration management tool used for automating IT infrastructure. In this tutorial, we will be guiding you through the installation process of Puppet on Arch Linux.
Before starting with the installation process, ensure that the following requirements have been met:
To install Puppet on Arch Linux, follow the steps below:
Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
Update the system package manager with the command below:
sudo pacman -Syu
Install the puppet package by running the command below:
sudo pacman -S puppet
After installing the puppet package, you can verify the installation by running the puppet command in the terminal:
puppet --version
If the installation was successful, a version number should be displayed in the output. For example:
5.5.8
After installing Puppet, you need to configure it by editing the Puppet configuration file. To edit the configuration file, run the command:
sudo nano /etc/puppet/puppet.conf
In the configuration file, you can set the Puppet master server, modules, and log files. The configuration file has the following format:
[main]
logdir=/var/log/puppet
vardir=/var/lib/puppet
ssldir=/var/lib/puppet/ssl
rundir=/var/run/puppet
factpath=$vardir/lib/facter
templatedir=$confdir/templates
[master]
# These are needed when the puppetmaster is run by passenger
# and can safely be removed if webrick is used.
ssl_client_header = SSL_CLIENT_S_DN
ssl_client_verify_header = SSL_CLIENT_VERIFY
[agent]
server = puppetmaster.example.com
Make the necessary changes and save the file by pressing Ctrl + X, then Y.
After configuring Puppet, you need to start the Puppet service. To start the service, run the command below:
sudo systemctl start puppet
After starting the Puppet service, you can check its status by running the command:
sudo systemctl status puppet
If the service is running, the output should be similar to:
● puppet.service - Puppet agent
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/puppet.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2021-06-26 19:35:26 AST; 22s ago
Docs: https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/reference/man/puppet.8.html
Main PID: 1270 (puppet)
Tasks: 3 (limit: 19074)
Memory: 20.4M
CGroup: /system.slice/puppet.service
└─1270 /usr/bin/ruby /usr/bin/puppet agent --no-daemonize
Jun 26 19:35:26 host systemd[1]: Started Puppet agent.
Jun 26 19:35:28 host puppet-agent[1270]: Retrieving pluginfacts
Jun 26 19:35:28 host puppet-agent[1270]: Retrieving plugins
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Puppet on Arch Linux. You can now use Puppet to automate system administration tasks on your infrastructure.
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