1. Install Puppet Master

Exploit cloud computing features in order to auto-provisioning the resources for a puppet server

a. Login to the OpenStack Horizon dashboard

• http://212.189.205.200/horizon/
• username: admin_group_< your group >
• password: < your password >

b. Upload your ssh public key

• Follow the teacher's suggestions

c. Customise the security group in order to feet your requirements

• Follow the teacher's suggestions

d. Instantiate one VM using the flavour m1.medium and the image ubuntu

• Follow the teacher's suggestions

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1. Install a Puppet Master

   • Login into the Puppet Master
   • sudo su -
   • echo "<PUPPET MASTER IP> puppetmaster.school.cloud.ba.infn.it puppetmaster" >> /etc/hosts

   • Install the repo for puppet software for Ubuntu 14.04

     • wget https://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-trusty.deb
     • sudo dpkg -i puppetlabs-release-trusty.deb
     • sudo apt-get update

   • Install the Puppet Master server

     • apt-get -y install puppetmaster
     • service puppetmaster status

   • Hiera will be automatically installed as puppet dependence

2. Configure the Puppet Master

   Download all the configuration files in the config dir on this repo into /etc/puppet dir on your puppet master host. You don't need to modify them.

   • wget -O /etc/puppet/autosign.conf http://goo.gl/IyLnsw
   • wget -O /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml http://goo.gl/mQtMzx
   • wget -O /etc/puppet/puppet.conf http://goo.gl/c8WUiH

   Create some directories for future use

   • mkdir -p /etc/puppet/environments/production/hieradata/nodes
   • mkdir -p /etc/puppet/environments/production/manifests/nodes

   Start the Puppet Master

   • service puppetmaster restart

   Test the Puppet Master

   • service puppetmaster status
   • telnet localhost 8140

3. Test Puppet Master[PM] and Agent[PA] communication

   • Issue the date command, does it correct ?

     • date

   • PM: Install the ntp module

     • puppet module install puppetlabs-ntp
     • puppet module install saz-timezone
     • puppet module install stephenrjohnson-puppet
     • puppet module list --tree

   • PM: deploy a default ntp configuration

     • cd /etc/puppet/environments/production
     • wget -O hieradata/common.yaml http://goo.gl/MBVxRw
     • wget -O manifests/site.pp http://goo.gl/IAi1QD

   • PA: execute the puppet agent

     • puppet agent --server puppet master.school.cloud.ba.infn.it --onetime --no-daemonize --verbose --environment production