craig-m-unsw / linux-vms

Linux box admin

Use the chef bento project to build the Vagrant boxes, then run Puppet Enterprise to configure them.

note: this is a learning / proof of concept project, not suitable for building your production out of.

build

Build VM box images. Some of the iso url might need updating, the Debian url changed from 'release' to 'archive'.

./make-bento-boxes.sh

Download everything we need (eg Puppet Enterprise):

python3 vm_server/get_files.py --download_folder=vm_server/src/

Start up virtual machines:

vagrant validate
vagrant up
vagrant ssh-config puppet >> ~/.ssh/config
vagrant ssh puppet -- -L 4343:127.0.0.1:443 -L 9980:127.0.0.1:9980

the port forwarding in Vagrant can be temperamental so I use a tunnel.

use

Setup Gitlab + PE:

/vagrant/setup-server.sh

Login to Puppet and Gitlab web console, the passwords can be found in /opt/boxlab/config/

Use VSCode remote to connect into Puppet vm and open ~/controlrepo

tune

Run:

sudo su
puppet infrastructure tune

This can be changed, then pasted into your hiera data.

nodes

Put Linux nodes under puppet control:

vagrant ssh rockylinux9
echo '192.168.60.13     puppet.mylocal puppet.local' | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
curl --insecure https://puppet.mylocal:8140/packages/current/install.bash | sudo bash -s extension_requests:pp_role=node

Windows nodes:

add the host file entry in C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.

[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; `
[Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true}; $webClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient; `
$webClient.DownloadFile('https://puppet.mylocal:8140/packages/current/install.ps1', 'install.ps1'); .\install.ps1 -v "extension_requests:pp_role=node"