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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d1f266bea --- /dev/null +++ b/README.rst @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Puppet +====== + +Puppet, an automated administrative engine for your Linux and Unix systems, performs +administrative tasks (such as adding users, installing packages, and updating server +configurations) based on a centralized specification. + +Documentation (and detailed install instructions) can be found +online at the `Puppet Wiki`_. + +Installation +------------ + +Generally, you need the following things installed: + +* Ruby >= 1.8.1 (earlier releases might work but probably not) + +* The Ruby OpenSSL library. For some reason, this often isn't included + in the main ruby distributions. You can test for it by running + 'ruby -ropenssl -e "puts :yep"'. If that errors out, you're missing the + library. + + If your distribution doesn't come with the necessary library (e.g., on Debian + and Ubuntu you need to install libopenssl-ruby), then you'll probably have to + compile Ruby yourself, since it's part of the standard library and not + available separately. You could probably just compile and install that one + library, though. + +* The Ruby XMLRPC client and server libraries. For some reason, this often + isn't included in the main ruby distributions. You can test for it by + running 'ruby -rxmlrpc/client -e "puts :yep"'. If that errors out, you're missing + the library. + +* Facter => 1.1.1 + You can get this from your package management system or the `Facter site`_ + +.. _Puppet Wiki: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/DocumentationStart +.. _Facter site: http://reductivelabs.com/projects/facter |