Puppet

Architecture

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• Manifest: actual codes for configuring clients

• Template: give data to the code to render final document

• File: static content that can be downloaded by clients

• Module: collection of manifests, templates and files

• Certificate Authority (CA): allows the master to sign certificates sent by clients

• Facter: collect the current state of the client

Commands

Server

sudo /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet resource service puppet ensure=running enable=true: Start service
sudo /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet cert list: list certificate
sudo /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet cert sign $hostname: sign certificate

Client

• sudo /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet agent –test

Sample Manifests

Install httpd server

node 'host1' {
package{'httpd':
ensure=> installed,
}
}

Reference

• https://github.com/cisco/cisco-network-puppet-module

• https://forge.puppet.com/modules/puppetlabs/ciscopuppet/readme

• https://developer.cisco.com/codeexchange/github/repo/cisco/cisco-network-puppet-module

• https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus9000/sw/7-x/programmability/guide/b_Cisco_Nexus_9000_Series_NX-OS_Programmability_Guide_7x/b_Cisco_Nexus_9000_Series_NX-OS_Programmability_Guide_7x_chapter_01111.html