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example42 PSICK Puppet Open Source Server automation

This control-repo allows to spin up a Puppet Open Source Server in a fully automated way.

One can use vagrant or even use PSICK on a fresh base OS installation.

1. Vagrant installation

Prerequisites

  • Vagrant
  • local ruby installation. Best option is to use rvm or rbenv
  • root rights
  • puppet-agent and r10k packages installed

Procedure

Install either rvm or rbenv. Then run:

    bundle install --path vendor/bundle

Use bundle to install the modules via r10k from Puppetfile:

    bundle exec r10k puppetfile install -v

Now change to vagrant/environments/foss directory and start up Vagrant machine.

    cd vagrant/environments/foss
    vagrant up puppet.foss.psick.io

2. Base OS installation

Prerequisites

  • at least 4 GB of RAM to run Puppet Server and PuppetDB (with the PostgreSQL backend) on the same node
  • compatible OS (tested on RedHat 7 derivatives and Ubuntu 16.04)
  • root rights
  • puppet-agent and r10k packages installed

Procedure

The easiest way to install the FOSS Puppet Server with PuppetDB on a vanilla OS is to clone control-repo into /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production folder and apply the puppet_foss_master role:

    sudo -s
 
    mkdir -p /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments
    cd /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments
    git clone https://github.com/example42/psick.git production
    cd production

    PSICK_DIR=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)

At this point, from PSICK base directory we will install Puppet 5 agent:

    cd $PSICK_DIR
    bin/puppet_install.sh

After that, install r10k (and other recommended gems) and populate the modules/ directory with the content defined in the Puppetfile in an unattended way:

    bin/puppet_setup.sh auto

NOTE: Ignore warnings about missing docker and vagrant commands.

Next, assign the puppet_foss_master role to the node, by setting the role as external fact:

    bin/puppet_set_external_facts.sh --role puppet_foss_master

Finally, to setup a Puppet Server with PuppetDB locally, via Puppet just run:

    bin/papply.sh

NOTE: If you have errors at the first run (known ones are related to the used Postgresql module) run the command again, until you see no changes on the system:

    bin/papply.sh