New vm

Here is my checklist for creating a new VM:

• create a dhcp entry
• create an /etc/hosts entry on dhcp server
• create the vm on a hypervisor
• patch puppet.conf

echo "[main]
environment = lab" >> /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/puppet.conf

• yum upgrade
• run puppet, sign cert, run puppet
• run puppet twice, because dependencies are hard
• run puppet on backup server
• fix relayhost
• fix root mail alias

new rasp pi

This is a challenge because even though I run fedora27 on the pi, it still doesn't have a modern puppet package available. So I have to deal with an older puppet version. These kludges become necessary:

• mkdir -p /etc/puppet/environments/lab
• mkdir /etc/puppetlabs