Puppetserver (ENC) External Node Classifier

Setup and manage a database to use for Puppet External Node Classifier

Dependencies

Required before install:

• Python version >= 3.6

These will be fetched automatically during install:

• https://pypi.org/project/tabulate/
• https://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAMLDocumentation

Installation

1. export QS_REPO=https://github.com/ncsa/puppetserver-enc.git
2. curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andylytical/quickstart/master/quickstart.sh | bash

Customizable Install Options

• Pull from a branch other than master export QS_GIT_BRANCH=branch_name

Quickstart

1. admin.py --help

Create DB

1. vim tables.yaml
2. admin.py --init

Add self to DB

1. admin.py --add --fqdn $(hostname -f) $(hostname -f)

Add multiple nodes to DB

Using a CSV file

1. admin.py --mkcsv > source.csv
2. vim source.csv
3. admin.py --add --csv source.csv

   Using a Yaml file

4. admin.py --mkyaml > source.yaml
5. vim source.yaml
6. admin.py --add --yaml source.yaml

Test puppet lookup of FQDN

• admin.py <FQDN_of_puppet_client_node>

List all nodes in DB

• admin.py -l

Working with multiple nodes

All commands --add, --change, --del support input from a yaml or a csv file. This is the best way to specify multiple nodes.

• admin.py --ch --yaml filename.yaml
• admin.py --del --csv filename.csv