Install ruby-1.8.7 if the ruby is not installed on your machine, download the ruby-1.8.7 from the ruby web site. For me, I download the ruby-1.8.7-p334.tar.gz from the ruby web site. copy to user home /root and execute following commands: #tar -zxvf ruby-1.8.7-p334.tar.gz #cd ruby-1.8.7-p334 #./configure #make #make install
Install facter-1.5.8 Go to the puppet web site to get the facter-1.5.8.tar.gz package and execute following commands: #tar -zxvf facter-1.5.8.tar.gz #cd facter-1.5.8 #ruby install.rb Install the puppet-2.6.4 Go to the puppet web site to get the puppet-2.6.4.tar.gz package and execute following commands: #tar -zxvf puppet-2.6.4.tar.gz #cd puppet-2.6.4 #ruby install.rb Start the puppet master After installing, then we can start the puppet master by execute following commands: #puppet master --mkusers the puppet user will be added #puppet master -d -v --no-daemonize When this command executed, we will see following error line: err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/rrd]/ensure: change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory on ensure: Permission denied - /var/lib/puppet/rrd This means the /var/lib/puppet/rrd does not exit, execute following command to create it: #mkdir -p /var/lib/puppet/rrd Then we execute puppet master again #puppet master -d -v --no-daemonize Following error lines appear: err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/rrd]/owner: change from root to puppet failed: Failed to set owner to '502': Operation not permitted - /var/lib/puppet/rrd err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/rrd]/group: change from root to puppet failed: failed to chgrp /var/lib/puppet/rrd to 502: Operation not permitted - /var/lib/puppet/rrd We need to change the ownership of /var/lib/puppet/rrd to puppet:puppet #chown -R puppet:puppet /var/lib/puppet/rrd Then execute the puppet master again #puppet master -d -v --no-daemonize At this time, no error line appears any more. Test the puppet master test if the puppet master works ok by running following comand #puppet agent --test --server `hostname`
