A common way to manage nodes in PE is to install an agent on them.
In this guide you install a *nixPuppet agent and how to add agentless nodes to your inventory.
These instructions assume you've installed PE.
Install agents from the console
You can use the console to leverage tasks that install *nix or Windows agents on target nodes.
Add classes to the PE
Master node group for each agent platform used in your environment. For
example, pe_repo::platform::el_7_x86_64.
Make sure you have permission to run the appropriate task to install agents on all nodes:
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*nix targets use the task pe_bootstrap::linux
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Windows targets use the task pe_bootstrap::windows
- Windows 2008 SP2 or newer
- PowerShell version 3 or higher
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or higher
Add agentless nodes to the inventory
Add nodes that don't have the Puppet agent installed to the inventory so you can run tasks on them.
Add classes to the PE Master node group for each agent platform used in your
environment. For example, pe_repo::platform::el_7_x86_64.
Make sure you have the permission Nodes: Add and delete connection information from inventory service.
- In the console, click Inventory.
- Select the node type Nodes without Puppet agents.
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Select a transport method.
- SSH for *nix targets
- WinRM for Windows targets
- Enter target host names and the credentials required to access them. If you use an SSH key, include begin and end tags.
- Optional: Select additional target options. For example, to add a target port number, select Target Port from the drop-down list, enter the number, and click Add. For details, see Transport configuration options, below.
- Click Add nodes.