Using Oscar to Build a Local Puppet Environment with Vagrant

The Goal

• Install Oscar
• Use Oscar to build a local PuppetMaster & Agent config
• Use Vagrant to start the PuppetMaster & Agent

Install

• VirtualBox - https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
• Vagrant - Oscar works with Vagrant version 1.3.4 - http://downloads.vagrantup.com/tags/v1.3.4
• Oscar - https://github.com/adrienthebo/oscar

sandor@theargo> vagrant plugin install oscar

Add a Vagrant Box

sandor@theargo> vagrant box add centosPupLabs http://puppet-vagrant-boxes.puppetlabs.com/centos-64-x64-vbox4210-nocm.box

What that does:

sandor@theargo> vagrant box add boxName http://url.box

• Downloads the .box file to the Vagrant boxes directory
• nocm = No “configuration management” installed

Create a Vagrant environment with Oscar

Give Vagrant a Puppet Enterprise installer location & version.

sandor@theargo> vim config/pe_build.yaml
---
 pe_build:
   version: "3.1.3"
   #download_root: 'http://s3.amazonpebucket.com'

Set the download_root or manually add the installer with

sandor@theargo> vagrant pe-build copy puppet-enterprise-3.1.3-el-6-x86_64.tar.gz

sandor@theargo> vagrant oscar init

sandor@theargo> vagrant oscar init-vms \
                   --master master=centosPupLabs \
                   --agent firstagent=centosPupLabs
                   --agent secondagent=centosPupLabs

sandor@theargo> vagrant up

What that does:

• Creates a Vagrantfile that is customized by Oscar
• Adds a PuppetMaster and 2 agents to the Vagrant environment
• Uses the PuppetLabs Centos box as the OS for all 3 VMsgs
• Starts the group of VMs

Login to the VMs

sandor@theargo> vagrant ssh master
sandor@theargo> vagrant ssh firstagent
sandor@theargo> vagrant ssh secondagent

The result

• 3 running VMs with a PuppetMaster and 2 agents
• Both Agents are authenticated with the Master
• You can now run your Puppet code