Preparing to Install Puppet

Prior to installing the Puppet IPS package on the managed nodes that run the Puppet Agent (agent), perform the following tasks:

• Designate a system to function as the Puppet Server (server).

  Ensure that you install and configure Puppet on the server or servers before you install Puppet on any of the agent-managed nodes.

• Designate the agent-managed nodes.

• Configure the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol on both the server and the agents so that all of the hosts can be resolved by using a fully qualified domain name. See Chapter 3, Managing DNS Server and Client Services in Working With Oracle Solaris 11.4 Directory and Naming Services: DNS and NIS.