Set up Puppet

A Puppet deployment typically includes a primary Puppet server and agents, which are installed on nodes in your environment.

• Install Puppet

  Puppet can be installed and upgraded in various configurations to fit the needs of your environment.

• Configure Puppet settings

  You can configure Puppet's commands and services extensively, and its settings are specified in a variety of places.

• Upgrading

  To upgrade your deployment, you must upgrade both the infrastructure components and agents.

• Environments

  Environments are isolated groups of agent nodes.

• Directories and files

  Puppet consists of a number of directories and files, and each one has an important role ranging from Puppet code storage and configuration files to manifests and module paths.

• Report reference

  Puppet has a set of built-in report processors, which you can configure.