Using Puppet Classification

1. Bring both additional nodes under Puppet's control by logging in via SSH and running:

   curl -k https://puppet.ec2.internal:8140/packages/current/install.bash | sudo bash
   

2. Access the Puppet Enterprise console at https://PUBLIC_IP and log in as admin with the password pinehead.

3. Click Unsigned certs on the left-hand side menu.

4. Click the Accept All button to accept our nodes.

1. Click Classification on the left-hand side menu.
2. On the Classification page, click Add group..., and then set the following values to create the Web group:
   • Parent name: All Nodes
   • Group name: Web
   • Environment: production
3. Click Add.
4. Repeat the above process to create the Website group, except the following value will differ:
   • Group name: Website
5. Click Add.
6. For the final Webapp group, set the following values:
   • Parent name: Web
   • Group name: Webapp
   • Environment: production
7. Click Add.

1. On the Classification page, click on the Web group, and then the Configuration tab.

2. Set Add new class to the apache class via a search.

3. Click Add class.

   Note: We may need to click Refresh for all classes to be visible.

4. Click the Commit 1 change button to save the changes.

1. Click Classification on the left-hand side menu.
2. Expand the Web group, and click Website.
3. Under the Rules section, set the following values:
   • Fact: fqdn
   • Operator: ~
   • Value: website

Note: Changing the operator field to ~ensures that partial matches will work.

1. Click Add rule.

2. Click the Configuration tab.

3. Add the apache::vhosts class via a search in the Add new class section.

4. Click Add class.

5. Under the apache::vhosts class, select the vhosts parameter name.

6. In the Value section, we need to write our virtual hosts parameters as a hash, replacing what would traditionally be hashrockets with colons:

   {"puppet-project":{"port":"80","docroot":"/var/www/puppet-proj"}}
   

7. Click Add parameter.

8. Scroll down to the Data section, and set the following values:

• Class: apache
• Parameter: default_vhost
• Value: false

1. Click Add data.
2. Click Commit 3 changes.

1. Click Classification on the left-hand side menu.

2. Expand the Web group, then click Webapp.

3. Under the Rules section, set the following values:

   • Fact: fqdn
   • Operator: ~
   • Value: app

   Note: Changing the operator field to ~ ensures that partial matches will work.

4. Click Add rule.

5. Click the Configuration tab.

6. Add the apache::vhosts class.

7. Under the apache::vhosts class, select the vhosts parameter name.

8. In the Value section, we need to write our virtual hosts parameters as a hash, replacing what would traditionally be hash rockets with colons:

   {"marionette":{"port":"8081","docroot":"/var/www/marionette"}}
   

9. Click Add parameter.

10. Add the java class.

11. Select the distribution parameter, and then set the value to jre.

12. Click Add parameter.

13. Click Commit 3 changes.

For each node, perform the following:

1. In the Puppet Enterprise console, click Nodes on the left-hand side menu.
2. Select the desired node.
3. Click Run Puppet, and then select Run.
4. We can also click View report to see a detailed breakdown of the changes that were applied.