puppet-puppet

This puppet module is meant to manage /etc/puppet/puppet.conf and its family. It provides hooks for rsyslog + logrotate, and is configurable via hiera.

This module began life as a merge between some old puppet code, the ghoneycutt puppet module, and a lot of local custom work. It's currently in production across at least two sites, one large (~2700 nodes) and one small (~3 nodes).

Classes

puppet::agent

Manages the puppet agent. This means either running the service as a daemon (default), or via cron on a regular basis.

Parameters:

cron_command      Command to run if we are running via cron.  There is a
                   default, and I do not use it much so somebody should
                   look at it in more detail.
cron_user         User to run the cronjob as; defaults to 'root'.
cron_run_at_boot  Set this if you're running in 'cron' mode.
cron_run_in_noop  If set, we won't actually make any changes.  Defaults to
                   false.
cron_run_interval If running via cron, how often should we run?  Defaults
                   to 30 (minutes).
cron_earliest_hour Don't run the cronjob before this hour (except for boot)
cron_latest_hour   Don't run the cronjob after this hour (except for boot)

daemon_name      If we are running as a daemon, what is the daemon name?
                  Defaults to 'puppet'.
run_method       Pick one of: 'service' or 'cron'; default is 'service'

puppet::config

Manages /etc/puppet/puppet.conf. It is meant for configuration via hiera. There are puppet-strings-compatible docs included; a few specific useful parameters should provide some flavor:

agent        Should we configure the puppet agent variables?
             Defaults to true.
certname     Maps to the certname field in [main].  Defaults to $facts['networking']['fqdn']
enc          Are we using an external node classifier?  If so, set
             this to the right script name.  Defaults to 'false'.
env          Default puppet environment; required.
env_timeout  180 (seconds)
is_ca        Am I the Certificate Authority?  Corresponds to the 'ca'
             field.  Defaults to false.
log_level    What severity should puppet use?  Defaults to 'notice'.
master       Should we configure the puppet master variables?
             Defaults to false.
no_warnings  Array of strings from which to ignore warnings; maps to the
             'disable_warnings' field.  Empty by default.
runinterval  How often should the puppet daemon run?  Defaults to unset.
runtimeout   What is the max runtime any catalog should have?
run_in_noop  If set, don't make any changes with a puppet run.
             Defaults to false.
server       The main puppet server name.  Required, no default.
splaylimit   How much random time should we add to runinterval?
             Defaults to unset.
strict       https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/5.5/configuration.html#strict
use_puppetdb If set, turns on puppetdb for storeconfigs.  Defaults
             to off.

puppet::puppetserver, puppet::puppetserver::java

Start the puppetserver process. Currently not very configurable.

puppet::syslog

Set up syslog to log to /var/log/puppet.log (configurable).

Prerequisites

• puppetlabs/stdlib

Unreleased

Current

[1.4.4]

• config.pp - switching from $::fqdn to help with puppet 8
• puppetserver.pp - processorcount to $facts['processor']['count']
• templates/puppetserver-webserver.erb - fqdn fixes again
• README updates to match

[1.4.3]

• spec/classes/puppetserver_java_spec.rb - lint cleanup
• updated to work with PDK 1.15 (was 1.10)
• puppet::config - can now set env_timeout to unlimited

[1.4.2]

• puppetserver::java - no longer setting Xms or Xmx parameters (they're no longer "required" in modern puppets after 6.1 or so)

• puppet::agent - when using an agent, actually set the ensure parameter had been configured (h/t @hammondr)

[1.4.1]

• puppetserver::java - matching ^JAVA_ARGS= instead of JAVA_ARGS because the latter matches multiple things now.

[1.4.0]

• Adding 'ReservedCodeCache' size values to java args on puppet servers, as per https://puppet.com/docs/puppetserver/6.1/known_issues.html

[1.3.2]

• removing explicit connection to saz/rsyslog. Trying to handle things manually for now.

[1.3.1]

• If agent is not set, then you also don't need env or server. This can come in handy for server-less setups.
• Reworked test suite for pdk 1.8.0 and modern Ruby.
• strict_variables added to puppet::config (by Morre morre@mor.re)

[1.3.0]

• puppet::config - added lots of new parameters (mostly from Pat Riehecky riehecky@fnal.gov) - proxy_host, configtimeout, log_level, runinterval, runtimeout, show_diff, splaylimit, strict
• puppet::agent - cron-options are now much more powerful and useful
• puppet::config - removed trusted_server_facts
• puppet::puppetserver now does more things, but isn't as configurable; this is what I've been using upstream for a while though.
• puppet::puppetserver::java provides some java tuning options
• Significantly better test suite (pdk 1.7.0)

[1.2.0]

• Puppet 4 support
• puppet::config - lots of new parameters, especially extra_master, extra_main, and extra_agent
• removed manifests/master.pp and manifests/master/* as no longer useful
• manifests/puppetserver.pp exists in basic form
• syslog stuff moved from agent.pp to syslog.pp
• Test suite works in modern world

[1.1.1]

• Documentation fixes
• Documenting explicit support for RedHat instead of just Scientific Linux
• metadata.json - updates to better match upstream standards

[1.1.0]

• Wrote a full test suite.

• Re-factored all modules in association with the test suite, to make the testing easier and more consistent.

• Documentation fixes

• top-level puppet manifest - now loads puppet::config

• puppet::agent

  • added 'cron_user' parameter
  • logdir is now a boolean instead of an empty string

• puppet::config

  • removed parameters: 'basedir', 'modules'
  • changed from default 'UNSET' to empty string: 'ca_server', 'enc', 'reporturl'
  • explicitly checking the input values: 'env', 'port', 'server', 'timeout'
  • puppet.conf is explicitly less-verbose

• puppet::master

  • removed parameters: 'contact', 'hiera'
  • no longer manage /etc/puppet/tagmail.conf

• puppet::master::mod_passenger

  • renamed parameter 'basedir' to 'rackdir'
  • no longer require package 'rake'
  • manage Service['puppetmaster'] locally
  • disabling SSLv3 in the passenger fragment

• puppet::master::webrick

  • removed parameter 'is_ca'
  • manage Service['puppetmaster'] locally

[1.0.0]

• First public version.