IT Automation with Puppet Enterprise a shot workshop learn to deploy Puppet Enterprise and manage your IT with Pupppet Enterprise.

1. IT Automation with Puppet Enterprise
Anuchit Chalothorn
anuchit@redlinesoft.net

2. What is Puppet
Puppet Enterprise is IT automation software that gives system
administrators the power to easily automate repetitive tasks,
quickly deploy critical applications, and proactively manage
infrastructure, on-premises or in the cloud.

3. What is Puppet Enterprise? : http://goo.gl/Eg2jD5

4. What do we need ?
1. Puppet Enterprise (Full)
2. Master Machine -> Puppet Master
3. Node(s) Machine -> Puppet Agent

5. Download Puppet Enterprise

6. Simple Architecture
192.168.2.160
192.168.2.161
192.168.2.162
192.168.2.163

7. Puppet Master (Master)
● Ubuntu Server 12.04.4 LTS
● OpenSSH Server + NTP and config time server
● Download PE match your OS & Arch
● Extract PE and Run installer script
./puppet-enterprise-installer

8. ● Answer Questions
Puppet Master (Master) cont.
Install puppet master? [y/N] y
Install PuppetDB and console on this node? [Y/n] y
Install the cloud provisioner? [y/N] N

9. Puppet Master (Master) cont.
Puppet master’s certname? [Default: master]
Puppet master’s DNS aliases (comma-separated list)? [Default:
master,puppet]
Install the included Puppet Enterprise PostgreSQL server locally?
[Y/n]
Admin email address (will be used as account name) for accessing the
console interface? puppet@example.com

10. Puppet Master (Master) cont.
Password for user puppet@example.com (minimum 8 characters)?
Install these packages automatically? [Y/n] y
Perform installation? [Y/n] y
now wait the installation process...

11. Puppet Master (Master) cont.
After finish browse to PE master console https://192.168.2.160
● Login with your email address (puppet@example.com)
● and your PE password

12. Puppet Master (Master) cont.

13. Puppet Master (Master) cont.

14. Puppet Agent (Node1)
● Ubuntu Server 12.04.4 LTS
● OpenSSH Server + NTP and config time server
● Download PE match your OS & Arch
● Extract PE and Run installer script
./puppet-enterprise-installer

15. ● Answer Questions
Puppet Agent (Node1) cont.
Install puppet master? [y/N]
Install PuppetDB? [y/N]
Install PuppetDB? [y/N]

16. Puppet Agent (Node1) cont.
Install the console? [y/N]
Install the cloud provisioner? [y/N]
Install puppet agent? [Y/n]
Install these packages automatically? [Y/n]

17. Puppet Agent (Node1) cont.
Perform installation? [Y/n]
now wait the installation process...

18. Test PE agent
Puppet Agent (Node1) cont.
puppet agent --test

19. Node request

20. Accept Node request

21. Refresh Node list page

22. Node1 detail

23. Live Management

24. Package search via Live Management

25. How Automate your Infra with PE
● Write your own Puppet module or download
from Puppet Forge
● Add Class to PE
● Assign Class to node *OR*
● assign Class to Group then assign node to Group

26. Puppet Forge

27. Add some module eg; Apache
● Goto PE master
● List module
puppet module install puppetlabs-apache
puppet module list

28. Add Class with new Module

29. New Class added

30. Add new Group call WWW

31. Node1 detail

32. Report

33. Events

34. Package list

35. Browse to Node1 :)

36. Tips
● Add Group for your Classes
● Assign Node to that Group
● You will manage your Node with Group/Class
easily

37. Future learning...
● Write your own module
● Share your module at the Puppet Forge!
Module Fundamental : http://goo.gl/IO1Hj