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The te_agent module installs, configures, and manages the services of the Tripwire Enterprise Agent
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Version information

  • 0.2.2 (latest)
  • 0.2.1
  • 0.2.0
released Sep 18th 2017
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2017.2.x, 2017.1.x, 2016.4.x
  • Puppet >= 4.9.0 < 5.0.0
  • RedHat, CentOS, Windows

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  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'tripwire-te_agent', '0.2.2'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add tripwire-te_agent
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install tripwire-te_agent --version 0.2.2

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Tags: monitoring, security, agent, tripwire, tripwire-enterprise

Documentation

tripwire/te_agent — version 0.2.2 Sep 18th 2017

te_agent

Table of Contents

  1. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
  2. Setup - The basics of getting started with te_agent
  3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
  5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
  6. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Module Description

The te_agent module installs, configures, and manages the services of the Tripwire Enterprise Agent.

Setup

Setup Requirements

The Tripwire Enterprise Agent needs a Tripwire Enterprise Console server to connect to. The server hostname and services passphrase are needed to configure the Agent.

The Agent install files must be staged somewhere on the target system. This can be a network drive, or you can use a separate file resource to manually copy the package files to the target system.

The MSI provider for Windows is a little more forgiving and may work with URLs or network drive paths.

Beginning with te_agent

At minimum, you must specify the hostname and services passphrase for the Tripwire Enterprise Console and the source path to the agent installer.

class { 'te_agent':
  package_source         => '/mnt/share/tripwire/te_agent.bin',
  te_server_host         => 'teconsole.example.com',
  te_services_passphrase => 'correct horse battery staple',
}

Usage

All parameters for the te_agent module are contained within the main te_agent class, so for any function of the module, set the options you want. See the common usages below for examples.

Examples omit common parameters for brevity.

Staging the installer

file {'/tmp/te_agent.bin':
  ensure => file,
  mode   => '0700',
  source => 'http://files.example.com/te_agent/linux/x86_64/te_agent.bin'
}
class { 'te_agent':
  package_source => '/tmp/te_agent.bin'
}

Setting Custom Tags

class { 'te_agent':
  ...
  tags => {
    'tagset_1' => 'tag1',
    'tagset_2' => ['tag2a', 'tag2b'],
  },
}

Setting custom agent.properties

class { 'te_agent':
  ...
  agent_properties => {
    'tw.launcher.debug'  => 'true',
    'tw.rmi.socketDebug' => 'true',
  },
}

Reference

Available at https://tripwire.github.io/puppet-te_agent/

The full reference documentation can be generated with Puppet Strings:

$ bundle exec rake strings:generate

HTML documentation will be created under the ./doc/ directory.

Limitations

The te_agent module was tested with Puppet 4.10, though it should work on 4.9 or later (or Puppet Enterprise 2017.1 or later).

The following Operating Systems have been tested with this module:

  • Red Hat 5, 6, 7
  • CentOS 5, 6, 7
  • Windows 7, 8.1, 10, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016

Other versions may work if they are supported by both Puppet and the Tripwire Enterprise Agent.

Development

See the contribution guidelines for more information.