Puppet Ubuntu 18.04 Installation – Step-by-step

Installing

2. 2. Enabling Puppet Repository

   Add Puppet Repository for Ubuntu GNU/Linux

   Enabling Puppet Repo for Ubuntu

   Puppet Repository for Ubuntu

3. 3. Installing Puppet

   Then to Install Puppet in Ubuntu
   Simply run:

   sudo apt install puppetserver puppet-agent

4. 4. Amending Root Path

   Again Append Puppet into the Sudo Path
   So to enable it Configure the sudoers File with

   sudo visudo

   And append to the secure_path Var definition:

   :/opt/puppetlabs/bin

   Save & Exit.
   Again amend the User’s Path with:

   echo "export PATH=$PATH:/opt/puppetlabs/bin" >> ~/.bashrc

5. 5. Starting Puppet Services

   Next to Puppet Services
   Run:

   sudo systemctl start puppet

   And again:

   sudo systemctl start puppetserver

   Use the same Commands with “enable” to get them Started at Boot.