Service Manual

Using the Puppet Facter
Dell Networking OS supports the standalone tool called the Puppet Facter. This tool is based on Ruby and
provides complete system information about the agent node to the puppet master. To apply the
configurations using puppet, you must install the Puppet Facter tools on all the nodes.
Following are the facts pair in the manifest files.
osdistribution="Dell Real Time Operating System"
hostname={Chassis Hostname}
osdistribution_version={Dell OS version}
platformtype=[S4810|S4820|Z9000]
netdev_interfaces={list of interfaces}
netdev_vlans={list of vlans configured}
domain=dell.com
osfamily=NetBSD
architecture="x86"|"ppc"
puppetversion={Puppet Version}
rubyversion={Ruby Version}
uptime={System uptime}
Setting up the Puppet Master
Puppet uses the client-server model. The client-server regularly connects to the master server to
synchronize their configurations and to report the changes, if any, back to the central nodes. When you
install or upgrade Puppet, you must upgrade the Puppet Master component first. To install and set up the
Puppet Master, follow these steps:
1. Install the Ruby script.
sudo yum install ruby
2. Add the puppet repository.
sudo rpm -ivh http://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-el-7.noarch.rpm
3. Install the puppet master.
sudo yum install puppet-server
4. Go to the Dell Networking web portal athttps://www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/Main/
SupportMain.aspx. Download the dell-dnos puppet module and install it in the puppet master.
5. Install the rest_client ruby gem.
gem install rest-client
6. Open port 8140 in iptables.
iptables -I INPUT 2 -p tcp -- dport 8140 -j ACCEPT
7. Run the puppet master.
puppet master
8. Kill the process and restart the puppet master.
ps aux | grep puppet
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