So I bit the bullet and added the system to DNS. Now I am trying to generate the files automatically, but when I call "puppet --mkusers" now it doesn't seem to take any action. I checked the puppet logs but nothing has been logged or generated yet.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Richard Crowley <r...@rcrowley.org> wrote: > On Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 4:43 PM, msacks wrote: > Hello, >> I am testing Puppet and I would like to use it without having to add a >> DNS entry. Is there a way around this, or am I required to rely on >> DNS? > > You can run Puppet like this: > > puppet master --certname=$(cat/etc/puppet/certname) > puppet agent --certname=$(cat/etc/puppet/certname) > > to use the contents of an arbitrary file as the SSL certificate name instead > of the fqdn fact. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.