Configuration Management with Puppet

This article describes a scalable Puppet setup that allows serving more than a single security domain from a single Puppet master server infrastructure, in any of three default staging environments.

Note

The packages referred to in this document are available in the Puppet add-on software repository to Kolab Enterprise 14.

HOWTO Articles

• HOWTO: Bootstrap the Puppet Master Server
  • Configure the System FQDN and Service DNS Entry
  • Configure the Puppet Add-on YUM Repository
  • Install and Configure the Puppet Master Server Software
  • Initialize the Management Repositories
  • Provide Puppet with Something To Do
  • Enabling the Inventory Service in the Puppet Dashboard
  • Re-initializing the CA Certificate and Peer Certificates
• HOWTO: Working with Staging Environments
  • Why Stage Environments?
  • Description of Default Environment Stages
  • System Administrator Workflow Diagram

Module Documentation

• Puppet Module: git
• Puppet Module: kolab
• Puppet Module: munin
• Puppet Module: nagios
• Puppet Module: puppet
• Puppet Module: puppetdbquery
• Puppet Module: selinux
• Puppet Module: stdlib
• Puppet Module: webserver
• Puppet Module: yum