There are several configurations available for Puppet Enterprise. The configuration you use depends on the number of nodes in your environment and the resources required to serve agent catalogs.
| Configuration | Description | Node limit |
|---|---|---|
| Monolithic installation (Recommended) | All infrastructure components are installed on the master. This installation type is the easiest to install, upgrade, and troubleshoot. | Up to 4,000 |
| Monolithic installation with compilers | Similar to a monolithic installation, plus one or more compilers and a load balancer which help distribute the agent catalog compilation workload. | 4,000–20,000 |
| Monolithic installation with compilers and standalone PE-PostgreSQL | Similar to a monolithic installation with compilers, plus a separate node which hosts the PE-PostgreSQL instance. | More than 20,000 |
Tip: You can add high availability to a monolithic
installation, with or without compilers, by configuring a replica of your master.
High availability isn't supported with standalone PE-PostgreSQL
Monolithic installation
Monolithic installation with compilers
Monolithic installation with compilers and standalone PE-PostgreSQL
