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author | luke <luke@980ebf18-57e1-0310-9a29-db15c13687c0> | 2006-07-20 15:30:16 +0000 |
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committer | luke <luke@980ebf18-57e1-0310-9a29-db15c13687c0> | 2006-07-20 15:30:16 +0000 |
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committing docs before i move all of them into a separate subdirectory
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diff --git a/documentation/installation.page b/documentation/installation.page index 99474e5ac..3b423d5ae 100644 --- a/documentation/installation.page +++ b/documentation/installation.page @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ --- inMenu: true --- +# Comments + +If there is anything about this introduction that is unclear or not correct, +please email luke at madstop.com about it or file a bug at +[the bug tracker](/cgi-bin/puppet.cgi). + # Getting the Files You will need to install Puppet on all machines that will use it, including @@ -208,11 +214,13 @@ will be starting ``puppetmasterd``. The best way to start any daemon is using your local server's service management system, often in the form of ``init`` scripts. Eventually Puppet -will ship with an appropriate script for each platform, but in the meantime -you can either create your own, using an existing script as an example, or -simply run without one (not recommended for production environments). +will ship with an appropriate script for each platform (it already has +appropriate scripts for Red Hat, Debian, and Solaris), but in the meantime you +can either create your own, using an existing script as an example, or simply +run without one (not recommended for production environments). -The daemon should start just fine with no arguments: +Once you've created your system manifest at ``/etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp``, +the daemon should start just fine with no arguments: /usr/bin/puppetmasterd @@ -233,6 +241,9 @@ Otherwise, you will need to define each of your nodes in your site manifest: include workstation } +Alternatively, you can tell ``puppetmasterd`` to use +[LDAP for node storage](ldapnodes.html). + # Verifying Installation To verify that your daemon is working as expected, pick a single client to use @@ -289,7 +300,7 @@ Puppet: * Files are currently automatically reread when they are changed, within a timeout of 60 seconds. -* Patches are not only welcome, they're encouraged. +* Patches are welcome and encouraged. [developed]: /projects/facter [download]: /downloads |