Puppet users - Oct 2009 - Re: puppet-users - 7 new messages in 5 topics - digest

> Date: Fri, Oct 23 2009 3:26 pm
> From: Avi Miller
> James Turnbull wrote:
>> But you can''t connect a client to the master without signing a
>> certificate or turning autosign on.
>
> You can if the client is question is the master itself: it signs
it''s
> own certificates automatically, so puppet on the master will
> auto-connect without requiring a manual puppetca --sign.
>
> Which is what the tutorial does, btw. Which is confusing, because when
> the user starts to learn on their own beyond your tutorial, the very
> first thing they''re going to try and do is start another client
machine
> and BOOM! Something different will happen. So, I also suggest that even
> on your intro tutorial, you discuss the certificates so that people can
> go off and play on their own.
That''s in forthcoming part 2 :)

I took this approach deliberately to give the quickest win possible
with Puppet, especially as you only need one machine. From my own
experience, it''s very confusing trying to get started with this stuff
when you don''t have the big picture, and it''s good to see
results
quickly without a lot of setup.

Currently what I''m planning to cover in part 2 is:
* Getting clients talking to the server
* Distributing a file with Puppet
* Resource dependencies

J
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