https://puppetlabs.com/blog/a-deployment-pipeline-for-infrastructure

Installation

On Linux Mint 14 Xfce.

OS verification

$ lsb_release -a

The codename of Linux Mint 14 is "Nadia". Google "linux mint release" shows Nadia based on Ubuntu Quantal(12.10), which is in the supported version of puppet 3.

Install it in standalone mode

$ wget https://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-quantal.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i puppetlabs-release-quantal.deb
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install puppet-common

You have to run puppet command as root: puppet apply -e 'notice ("Hello World")'.

On Master Node

After update apt repo:

# apt-get install puppetmaster
# puppet master --version
# apt-get install puppetmaster-passenger (failed on my laptop)

Verify as root:

# service puppetmaster status

Start it in foreground:

# service puppetmaster stop
# puppet master --no-daemonize --verbose

On Agent Node

# apt-get install puppet

Verify as root:

# service puppet status
# puppet agent --test --server=10.21.2.7

You will meet a "no certificate found and waitforcert is disabled" error. So we let master sign the certificate for the agent.

Signing the Certificate

On master:

# puppet cert list

You get the agent's name. It's OK.

# puppet cert sign chadpc527.boco.com

On agent:

# puppet apply -e '...'

Trouble Shooting

Log file: /var/log/puppet/masterhttp.log

Default puppet master port: 8140

Port detection: lsof -wni tcp:8140

Regenerate certificate request of agent: rm -rf /var/lib/puppet/ssl