Service Manual

Setting up the Puppet Master

Puppet uses the client-server model. The client-server regularly connects to the master server to synchronize their congurations 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 rst. 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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