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Install puppet-agent on Rocky Linux 8.5

step0: as this is a lab environment: don't ask for the sudo password

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echo "$USER ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/$USER

step1: enable puppet repo (run the rpm tool in upgrade mode)

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sudo rpm -Uvh https://yum.puppet.com/puppet7-release-el-8.noarch.rpm

step2: install package

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sudo yum install puppet-agent

step3: adjust system path

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echo 'export PATH=/opt/puppetlabs/bin:/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin:$PATH' >> .bashrc
source .bashrc

step4: comment (#) sudo path defaults

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sudo /usr/sbin/visudo
/etc/sudoers
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## Sudoers allows particular users to run various commands as
## the root user, without needing the root password.
##
## Examples are provided at the bottom of the file for collections
## of related commands, which can then be delegated out to particular
## users or groups.
## 
...
...
# Defaults    secure_path = /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
...
...

step5: test puppet

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sudo puppet help

step6: adjust the main manifest to include vm3

site.pp
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node 'vm2.opensysadmins.lab', 'vm3.opensysadmins.lab' {
  include base
  include ssh
}
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