RH 8!!! I didn't think anyone was still using it ;-) Thanks for info. Unfortunately there are more people using old versions RH than you think.
-L On Apr 14, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Brandon Evans wrote: > > I got puppet installed and running on Redhat 8 today. I'm passing > on my > notes to the list to help out others that may want or need puppet > running on older Redhat servers. > > This is pretty much a copy & paste from my own personal wiki so please > forgive any odd formating. > > ==== Puppet Setup on Redhat 8 ==== > Here's a quick-n-dirty on how I got puppet running on redhat 8. > Please > don't ask me why I needed it running on redhat 8. I will burst into > tears. > > > My object here was to get my redhat 8 servers managed by puppet > alongside the rest of my CentOS servers. > I decided to keep puppet separate from the rest of the system. This > way > I don't upset the systems chi. > I should point out that I know little about the world of ruby & its > supposed "gems". > In the End this setup works & that is what is all that matters to me. > > === Basic Overview === > * Installing to /opt/puppet using the puppet gem package. > > * Download the latest openssl source from > http://www.openssl.org/source. I used openssl-0.9.8k.tar.gz > > * extract openssl and install using > > # ./config --prefix=/opt/puppet && make && make install > > * Download and extract Ruby 1.8.x from > ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8. I used ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.gz > > * Change to the ruby-1.8.7-p72 directory and move the ext/openssl > directory out of the way. > > # cd ruby-1.8.7-p72 > # mv ext/openssl /tmp > > * With the openssl extension out of the way you can now install > puppet like so > # ./configure --prefix=/opt/puppet && make && make install > > * Now that ruby is installed move the openssl directory back into > ./ext then compile the openssl module separately. This is important > because we will be building the openssl ruby module using our openssl > install located in /opt/puppet > > # pwd > # /usr/local/src/puppet_setup/ruby-1.8.7-p72 > # mv /tmp/openssl ./ext > # cd ./ext/openssl > # ../../ruby extconf.rb --with-openssl-include=/opt/puppet/include > --with-openssl-lib=/opt/puppet/lib > # LD_RUN_PATH=/opt/puppet/lib make > # make install > > > * Next we will install rubygems from > http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126. Here I used version > rubygems-1.3.1.tgz > > * This is an easy install. Extract the rubygems tar then install > it using the newly installed version of ruby. > > # cd rubygems-1.3.1 > # /opt/puppet/bin/ruby setup.rb > > * Almost done. Now download the latest stable puppet gem from > http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/DownloadingPuppet. I > ended up > installing puppet-0.24.8.gem > > # /opt/puppet/bin/gem install puppet-0.24.8.gem > > * That's it! Puppet should now be located in > /opt/puppet/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/bin. I ended up creating a puppet > module > that links the different binaries from the gems directory to /usr/ > bin & > /usr/sbin then adds an init script to /etc/init.d > > * When you run puppetd for the first time it should create > /etc/puppet and /var/lib/puppet. > > > Hope this helps! > > -Brandon Evans > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
