Once we have Puppet installed on the system, the next step is to configure it . These are some basic things that you need to configure:
Setting for Agents (all nodes):
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server — The master server to request configurations from. Defaults to puppet. Change it if that’s not your server’s name.
- certname — The node’s certificate name, and the unique identifier it uses when requesting catalogs. Defaults to the fully qualified domain name.
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environment — The environment to request when contacting the master. It’s only a request, though; the master’s ENC can override this if it chooses. Defaults to production.
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sourceaddress — The address on a multihomed host to use for the agent’s communication with the master server.
Setting for Master Servers:
- dns_alt_names — A list of hostnames the server is allowed to use when acting as a master. The hostname your agents use in their server setting must be included in either this setting or the master’s certname setting.
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environment_timeout — For better performance, you can set this to unlimited and make refreshing the master a part of your standard code deployment process.
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environmentpath — Controls where Puppet finds directory environments.
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basemodulepath — A list of directories containing Puppet modules that can be used in all environments.
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reports — Which report handlers to use.
