Installing CEM
Before you install CEM, complete the preparation steps: review the system requirements, install and configure Puppet Enterprise (PE) or open source Puppet, and purchase CEM. To help avoid issues, install and evaluate CEM in a test environment before you install CEM in a production environment.
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Prepare to install the module
To help ensure the successful deployment of CEM, complete the preparation steps. -
Install and evaluate the module in a test environment
In some cases, compliance controls can negatively impact services that run on nodes. To help avoid possible issues, install and evaluate CEM in a test environment before running CEM in a production environment. -
Install the module in the production environment
To deploy CEM, you must install the module in the production environment and then classify the nodes on which you want to enforce secure configuration compliance. -
Uninstall the module
To stop using CEM, you can uninstall thecem_linux
module. Alternatively, to stop using CEM on one or more nodes, declassify the nodes to remove their association with thecem_linux
class.