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Install Puppet 4 in a Master-Agent Setup on Ubuntu 14.04

Prerequisites

• Root access to all of the servers
• Each server should have a unique hostname
• Each server should be in the same timezone

Install puppet server

  $ cd ~ && wget https://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-pc1-trusty.deb
  $ sudo dpkg -i puppetlabs-release-pc1-trusty.deb
  $ sudo apt-get update
  $ sudo apt-get -y install puppetserver
  $ sudo service puppetserver restart
  $ sudo /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet resource service puppetserver ensure=running enable=true

Install Puppet Agent

  $ cd ~ && wget https://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-pc1-trusty.deb
  $ sudo dpkg -i puppetlabs-release-pc1-trusty.deb
  $ sudo apt-get update
  $ sudo apt-get install puppet-agent
  
  Set the server in puppet.conf and start the service
  [agent]
    server = blr-3rd-1-dhcp135.eng.vmware.com
  
  $ sudo /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet resource service puppet ensure=running enable=true

Sign the certificate in puppet server

  $ sudo /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet cert list
  $ sudo /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet cert sign --all
        or
  $sudo /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet cert sign <agent host name>