Register a Puppet Master Solution Instance

You can register a Puppet Master solution instance in an Application Services deployment environment using a Ruby script that runs locally on the Puppet Master server.

About this task

For information on the equivalent alternative to using a Ruby script, see Create a Puppet Solution Instance.

Prerequisites

• Log in to Application Services as an application cloud administrator.

• You must have a Puppet Master server available with Ruby version 1.8.7, 2.0.x for Puppet 3.2 and higher, or 2.1.x for Puppet 3.5 and higher installed on it.

Procedure

1. Log in to the Puppet Master server.
2. Download the Ruby script from the Application Services server URL.

   http://ApplicationDirectorIP/artifacts/solutions/puppet/RegisterWithAppD.rb

3. (Optional) Run the Ruby script with the -h option to view the registration options.

   ruby RegisterWithAppD.rb -h

   Options:
       -i, --appd_ip APPSERVICESIP      Specify the IP address or host name of the Application
                                        Services instance.
       -u, --appd_user USERNAME         Specify the user name of the administrator account for
                                        the Application Services instance. The default is
                                        admin.
       -p, --appd_password PASSWORD     Specify the password for the administrator account.
       -t, --appd_tenant TENANT         Specify the name of the tenant assigned to the user.
       -g, --appd_group GROUP           Specify the business group assigned to the user.
       -d, --appd_de_name DENAME        Specify the name of the deployment environment to
                                        register this puppet master under.
       -n, --node_manifest_dir DIR      Specify the directory where Application Services places
                                        node definition files for servers under its management.
                                        The default is the 'appd_nodes' sub-directory under the
                                        site manifest directory.
       -c, --cert_name CN               Specify the 'subject' for the certificate that
                                        Application Services uses to authenticate to Puppet
                                        Master. The default is 'vmware-appd'.
       -s, --[no-]skip_mc_agent         Install the Application Services MCollective agent and
                                        restart the MCollective daemon. Installs the MC agent
                                        by default. Use -s to skip.
   
   

4. Run the Ruby script to register the Puppet Master solution instance with the Application Services instance.

   ruby RegisterWithAppD.rb -i APPSERVICESIP -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD
        -d DENAME -t TENANT -g GROUP

5. Verify that you receive a notification when the script successfully registers the solution instance.
6. Log in to the Application Services Web interface.
7. On the Application Services title bar, click the drop-down menu and select Clouds > Deployment Environments.
8. Select the existing deployment environment with the registered solution instance.
9. Select the Solution Instances tab and click the solution instance.
10. If you are running the Ruby script on Puppet Master Open Source, perform the following steps.
    1. Click Edit in the toolbar.
    2. In the Agents section, set the is_enterprise property value to false.
    3. Click Save to finish.
11. Click Validate Connection to check the connection to the server.

Results

A notification informs you that the connection is successful and a green check mark appears next to the Validate Connection button.

What to do next

Import Puppet content into the Application Services library as services. See Import a Puppet Service to the Library.