How To Install puppet-master on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-master on Debian 9.

What is puppet-master

puppet-master is:

Puppet is a configuration management system that allows you to define the state of your IT infrastructure, then automatically enforces the correct state.

This package contains the “puppet-master” service and init script, which is suitable for small deployments. For larger deployments or if you wish to support Puppet 3 clients, puppet-master-passenger should be used instead.

There are three methods to install puppet-master on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install puppet-master Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install puppet-master using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install puppet-master

Install puppet-master Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install puppet-master using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install puppet-master

Install puppet-master Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install puppet-master using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install puppet-master

How To Uninstall puppet-master on Debian 9

To uninstall only the puppet-master package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove puppet-master

Uninstall puppet-master And Its Dependencies

To uninstall puppet-master and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppet-master

Remove puppet-master Configurations and Data

To remove puppet-master configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge puppet-master

Remove puppet-master configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove puppet-master configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppet-master

Dependencies

puppet-master have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• puppet
• ruby
• lsb-base

References

• puppet-master website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-master package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.