File Transfer using Puppet

Installation

Server:

       sudo apt-get install irb libopenssl-ruby libreadline-ruby rdoc ri ruby ruby-dev

       sudo apt-get install puppet puppetmaster

   

Client:    

       sudo apt-get install irb libopenssl-ruby libreadline-ruby rdoc ri ruby ruby-dev

       sudo apt-get install puppet  

Configration

 1)  Both side: server and client

 1.1) Edit: gedit /etc/hosts

Set syntax below:

Server ip:

192.168.10.56  puppetserver.example.com   

Client ip:

192.168.10.14  puppetclient.example.com     

  2) Puppet server

      2.1) Edit puppet.conf:

gedit /etc/puppet/puppet.conf

  

Set syntax below:

       

pluginsync=false

certname = puppetserver.example.com 

(This name will be puppet server name for certificate)

                      

2.2) Create Folder in Puppet:

2.2.1) Step - 1:

make folder in /etc/puppet/ which name is 'files'

At cmd:

mkdir /etc/puppet/files

     

2.2.2) Step - 2:

make folder 'testing' in 'files' folder which will clone at client side

At cmd:

mkdir /etc/puppet/files/testing

    

Copy testing source and paste /etc/puppet/files/testing

At cmd:  

cp  -r / tesing /  /etc/puppet/files/testing

2.3)

Edit  fileserver.conf

gedit etc/puppet/fileserver.conf

Set syntax below :

   

[files]

 path /etc/puppet/files

 allow *

 #  deny *.evil.example.com

 allow 192.168.10.14

[plugins]

 allow *

 #  deny *.evil.example.com

 allow 192.168.10.14

2.4) Create 'site.pp' file in /etc/puppet/manifests/

Add below code :

                  

  class sudo {

   

    file { "/ tesing ":

     mode => "644",

     owner => 'root',

    group => 'root',

        

   ensure => directory,

   recurse => true,

   purge => true,

   force => true,

   

  source => 'puppet:///files/ tesing’

}

}

node puppetclient {

    include sudo

} 

Restart puppetserver

cmd:  /etc/init.d/puppetmaster restart

  

3) Puppet client

      

3.1) Edit puppet.conf

gedit /etc/puppet/puppet.conf

Set syntax as given below:

certname = puppetclient.example.com

(This name is puppet client name for certificate)

server = puppetserver.example.com

runinterval = 60  

            

3.2) Restart puppet

cmd:  /etc/init.d/puppet restart          

4) Connect server and client

Client side

As a command, for certificate request:

puppetd --server  puppetserver.example.com  --waitforcert 60 –test

  

(You should see the following message.)
err: No certificate; running with reduced functionality.

info: Creating a new certificate request for pclient.example.con
info: Requesting certificate
warning: peer certificate won’t be verified in this SSL session
notice: Did not receive certificate

Server side

Use command as shown below:

puppetca --list

Then Display client request like below:

puppetclient.example.com

          

Then sign the certificate.

To sign the certificate, use below command 

puppetca –sign puppetclient.example.com

Signed puppetclient.example.com
                            

If everything went OK you should see this message on puppetclient.

info: Requesting certificate
warning: peer certificate won’t be verified in this SSL session
notice: Ignoring –listen on onetime run

info: Caching configuration at /etc/puppet/localconfig.yaml
notice: Starting configuration run
notice: //puppetclient/test_class/File[/tmp/testfile]/ensure: created
info: Creating state file /var/lib/puppet/state/state.yaml
notice: Finished configuration run in 0.11 seconds

if everything is ok, client have folder named liferay-tomcat in filesystem.

5) If any problem to verify certificate, use below command

find /var/lib/puppet -type f -print0 |xargs -0r rm

restart client and send request by going again to step (4).