Puppet module for installing the Puppet agent and master
Installs and configures the Puppet agent and optionally a Puppet master (when
server
is true). Part of the Foreman installer
or to be used as a Puppet module.
The Puppet master is configured under Apache and Passenger by default, unless
server_passenger
is set to false. Alternatively, set server_implementation
to puppetserver
to switch to the JVM-based Puppet Server.
Many puppet.conf options for agents, masters and other are parameterized, with class documentation provided at the top of the manifests. In addition, there are hash parameters for each configuration section that can be used to supply any options that are not explicitly supported.
Environments support
The module helps configure Puppet environments using directory environments on
Puppet 3.6+ and config environments on older versions. These are set up under
/etc/puppet/environments/ - change server_environments
to define the list to
create, or use puppet::server::env
for more control. When using directory
environments with R10K you need to set the server_environments
parameter to an
empty array ie. []
to prevent r10k deploy environments
from reporting an
error caused by the creation of top level environment directory(s).
Git repo support
Environments can be backed by git by setting server_git_repo
to true, which
sets up /var/lib/puppet/puppet.git
where each branch maps to one environment.
Avoid using 'master' as this name isn't permitted. On each push to the repo, a
hook updates /etc/puppet/environments
with the contents of the branch.
Requires theforeman/git.
Foreman integration
With the 3.0.0 release the Foreman integration became optional. It will still
by default install the Foreman integration when server
is true,
so if you wish to run a Puppet master without Foreman, it can be disabled by
setting server_foreman
to false.
Requires theforeman/foreman.
PuppetDB integration
The Puppet master can be configured to export catalogs and reports to a
PuppetDB instance, using the puppetlabs/puppetdb module. Use its
puppetdb::server
class to install the PuppetDB server and this module to
configure the Puppet master to connect to PuppetDB.
Requires puppetlabs/puppetdb <5.0.0.
Installation
Available from GitHub (via cloning or tarball), Puppet Forge or as part of the Foreman installer.
Usage
As a parameterized class, all the configurable options can be overridden from your wrapper classes or even your ENC (if it supports param classes). For example:
# Agent and cron (or daemon):
class { '::puppet': runmode => 'cron' }
# Agent and puppetmaster:
class { '::puppet': server => true }
# You want to use git?
class { '::puppet':
server => true
server_git_repo => true
}
# You need need your own template for puppet.conf?
class { '::puppet':
agent_template => 'puppetagent/puppet.conf.core.erb',
server => true,
server_template => 'puppetserver/puppet.conf.master.erb',
}
# Maybe you're using gitolite, new hooks, and a different port?
class { '::puppet':
server => true
server_port => 8141,
server_git_repo => true,
server_git_repo_path => '/var/lib/gitolite/repositories/puppet.git',
server_post_hook_name => 'post-receive.puppet',
server_post_hook_content => 'puppetserver/post-hook.puppet',
}
# Configure master without Foreman integration
class { '::puppet':
server => true,
server_foreman => false,
server_reports => 'store',
server_external_nodes => '',
}
# The same example as above but overriding `server_environments` for R10K
class { '::puppet':
server => true,
server_foreman => false,
server_reports => 'store',
server_external_nodes => '',
server_environments => [],
}
# Want to integrate with an existing PuppetDB?
class { '::puppet':
server => true,
server_puppetdb_host => 'mypuppetdb.example.com',
server_reports => 'puppetdb,foreman',
storeconfigs => true,
storeconfigs_backend => 'puppetdb',
}
Look in init.pp for what can be configured this way, see Contributing if anything doesn't work.
To use this in standalone mode, edit a file (e.g. install.pp), put in a class resource, as per the examples above, and the execute puppet apply e.g:
cat > install.pp <<EOF
class { '::puppet': server => true }
EOF
puppet apply install.pp --modulepath /path_to/extracted_tarball
Advanced scenarios
An HTTP (non-SSL) puppetmaster instance can be set up (standalone or in addition to
the SSL instance) by setting the server_http
parameter to true
. This is useful for
reverse proxy or load balancer scenarios where the proxy/load balancer takes care of SSL
termination. The HTTP puppetmaster instance expects the X-Client-Verify
, X-SSL-Client-DN
and X-SSL-Subject
HTTP headers to have been set on the front end server.
The listening port can be configured by setting server_http_port
(which defaults to 8139).
By default, this HTTP instance accepts no connection (deny all
in the <Directory>
snippet). Allowed hosts can be configured by setting the server_http_allow
parameter
(which expects an array).
** Note that running an HTTP puppetmaster is a huge security risk when improperly configured. Allowed hosts should be tightly controlled; anyone with access to an allowed host can access all client catalogues and client certificates. **
# Configure an HTTP puppetmaster vhost in addition to the standard SSL vhost
class { '::puppet':
server => true,
server_http => true,
server_http_port => 8130, # default: 8139
server_http_allow => ['10.20.30.1', 'puppetbalancer.my.corp'],
}
Contributing
- Fork the project
- Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution
More info
See http://theforeman.org or at #theforeman irc channel on freenode
Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Ohad Levy
This program and entire repository is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.
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