When you run the Puppet Enterprise installer in text mode, you pass a configuration file (pe.conf), which contains values for the parameters needed to install PE, to the installer.
Text-mode installation requires you to run the installer with a pe.conf file on each node on which you are installing a PE component. In other words, for a monolithic installation, you run the installer with pe.conf on one node, but for a split installation, you run the installer with pe.conf on three nodes.
Before beginning an installation, review, choosing a PE architecture.
pe.conf fileA pe.conf file is a HOCON formatted file that declares parameters and values needed to install and configure PE. For example, for a monolithic installation, you only need two key/value pairs:
"console_admin_password": "puppet"
"puppet_enterprise::puppet_master_host": "%{::trusted.certname}"
See the pe.conf parameter reference for more details about setting parameters in pe.conf and for a complete list of mandatory and optional parameters.
pe.conf fileYou have a few options for creating or obtaining a pe.conf file to use during installations.
Use the example pe.conf file provided in the conf.d directory in the PE installer tarball.
Tip: In most cases, for a monolithic installation, you can use the example
pe.conffile without making any changes.
pe.conf file, which you can edit. Installation will proceed using that pe.conf after you quit the editor.pe.conf file. After you run the web-based installer, you can find the file at /etc/puppetlabs/enterprise/conf.d. You can also download the file by following the link provided on the confirmation page of the web-based installer.For a complete list of mandatory and optional parameters, see the pe.conf parameter reference.