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# Puppet on SuSE/opensuse

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There should not be many particular issues with Puppet on SuSE and

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opensuse linux.

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**Warning**: This was tested on opensuse 10.1 and 10.2. It should

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work for previous versions and for SLES as well, but I have such no

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machine available to test.

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## Installation

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To install puppet add the repository for appropriate version at

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[http://software.opensuse.org/download/system:/management/](http://software.opensuse.org/download/system:/management/)

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in yast sources and install puppet.

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    yast -i install puppet

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In opensuse 10.2 I recommend using new package manager *zypper*

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    zypper sa http://software.opensuse.org/download/system:/management/openSUSE_10.2

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    zypper update

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    zypper install puppet

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Note that packages already provide *initscripts* so you can start

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*puppet* and enable it at startup with

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    service puppet start

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    chkconfig puppet on

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On the server where you want to run *puppetmaster*, you have to

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install *puppet-server* package as well

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    yast -i puppet-server

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and start and enable *puppetmaster* daemon

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    service puppetmaster start

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    chkconfig puppetmaster on

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You can now proceed to

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[[Installation\_Guide#BuildingtheServer|Installation Guide]] .

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## Configuration

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There are two places for configuration. Global configuration can be

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set in */etc/puppet/puppet.conf* and this is described in

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[[Documentation\_Start#Configuration|Documentation Start]] .

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To pass parameters to deamons run by the initscripts, you can edit

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the file */etc/sysconfig/puppet*. Most common use is to specify the

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server.

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    # /etc/sysconfig/puppet

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    # puppet server (--server option)

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    PUPPET_SERVER="puppetmaster.example.com"

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    # where to log (--logdest option)

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    PUPPET_LOG=/var/log/puppet.log

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For configuring the server edit */etc/sysconfig/puppetmaster*

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    # /etc/sysconfig/puppetmaster

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    # where to look for the manifests (--manifest option)

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    PUPPETMASTER_MANIFEST="/etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp"

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    # where to log (--logdest option)

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    PUPPETMASTER_LOG="/var/log/puppetmaster.log"

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    # any other options passed to puppetmasterd directly

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    PUPPETMASTER_EXTRA_OPTS=""

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Look at [[Configuration Reference]] for more configuration

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options.

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## Package Providers

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The only package providers for SuSE are *rpm*, *yum* and *rug*

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(from version 0.22.4). *Yum* seems to be more than sufficient. But

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if you would like to see some other PM like *yast*, *rug* or

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*zypper* supported, please file a feature request or better still

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write and submit a provider, it's not that difficult :-).

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*Note: As of version 0.22.4 **rug** is default provider for SuSE.*

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### Yum

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*yum* is a package manager providing dependency resolving and other

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advanced features and is supported by puppet. Especially useful is

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in combination with *yumrepo* puppet type which allows one to

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configure package repositories. To use *yum*, first install it

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    yast -i yum

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On SuSE *yum* comes without default repository locations, so you

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have to add that by hand. You can use [[Type Reference]] type for

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that. Include the following into your manifests

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    Yumrepo { gpgcheck=>true, enabled=>true }

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    yumrepo {

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      "SL-10.2":

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        descr=>"openSuSE Linux 10.2",

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        baseurl=>"http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.2/inst-source/suse/";

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      "SL-10.2-update":

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        descr=>"openSuSE Linux 10.2 updates",

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        baseurl=>"http://download.suse.com/update/10.2/"

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Here you can find urls for

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[package repositories](http://en.opensuse.org/Package_Repositories).

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Now you can make *yum* default PM(package manager) simply by

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adding

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    case $operatingsystem {

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      suse: {Package{ provider => yum }}

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somewhere in your *site.pp*. You can also use [[Type Reference]]

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type to manage package sources.

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## /etc/init.d script:

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If you installed from source and need the init script for

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puppet-server, you can extract it from the SuSE rpm with this

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command:

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    rpm2cpio puppet-server-0.24.8-2.1.x86_64.rpm | cpio -ivd ./etc/init.d/puppet-server

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then copy the file to /etc/init.d/.

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